| Deposit ID | 10014421 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011177 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Rock Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.06701, 38.3425 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2707 |
| Relative position | 15.6 MILES S 29 W FROM GUNNISON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gunnison(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Powderhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Gunnison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 047N | 002W | 11 | SE OF SE OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Thorite | Ore |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite | ||||||
| Rock description | Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite |
| (1) | Morrison Fm and Junction Creek Sandstone |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Goose Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011177 |
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 WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERAL IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THORIUM VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THE OCCURRENCE KNOWN IN POWDERHORN-IRON HILL AREA AND ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF LATE PRECAMBRIAN SYENITES NORTH AND WEST OF IRON HILL AND OF YOUNGER LATE PRECAMBRIAN OR CAMBRIAN CARBONATITES AT IRON HILL. FOLIATION OF DUBOIS GREENSTONE COUNTRY ROCK TRENDS GENERALLY N 80 TO 85 W. SCHIST INCLUDES SUBPARALLEL QUARTZITE LAYERS. PRINCIPAL FAULT TRENDING N 60 W AND CUTS ENTIRE METAMORPHIC SEQUENCE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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