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Unnamed Thorium Prospect

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodity Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014394
MRDS ID D011141
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Thorium Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.0773, 38.37083 (WGS84)
Elevation 2685
Relative position 14.3 MILES S 35 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 002W 34 NE OF NE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF WOLF CREEK ON UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF GUNNISON RIVER 0.1 MILE EAST OF COLORADO 149 AND 0.9 MILE NE OF NINEMILE HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Thorium Vein;Hinsdale Formation
    Rock description Thorium Vein;Hinsdale Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Black Canyon Schist
    Rock description Black Canyon Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.0773, 38.37083
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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, Tolvar Peak Stock

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Vein Cutting Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • OTHER MINERALS LISTED ABOVE ARE GENERAL OCCURRENCES REPORTED FOR TH VEINS IN AREA; ALL MAY NOT NECESSARILY OCCUR AT THIS SITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SURFACE PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.

  • Deposit

    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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THORIUM VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF TH 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 BLACK CANYON SCHIST COUNTRY ROCK TRENDS VARIABLY ENE-WSW TO WNW-ESE, DIPPING VERTICAL TO STEEPLY SE. SMALL TH VEIN TRENDS N 60 E, BUT ITS NE EXTENSION IS COVERED BY MIOCENE BASALT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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