Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 29' 33'' North , 107° 1' 48'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
114291
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:114291:7
REF:Deposit:: DOOLEY, J.R., JR., AND HATHAWAY, J.C., 1961, TWO OCCURRENCES OF THORIUM-BEARING MINERALS WITH RHABDOPHANE-LIKE STRUCTURE: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-C, P. C339-C341.
Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG MESA QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON CO
Commodities (Trace) - REE, Thorium
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite, Granite Of South Beaver Creek
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, West Elk Centers
Host Rock: Schist, Amphibolite, Granite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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