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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Vein
- Host rock
- Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry — Felsic Volcanic Rock
- Orebody form
- TABULAR
- Tectonic setting
- Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Ne-Trending Vein In Fault Cutting Metamorphics
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
Records and references
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178. HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286. OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C. OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0. NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 174. ADAMS, J.W., 1951, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. RR-206.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10014415 — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: 38.32556, -107.10646
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