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Pitchblende from
Thornburg Mine (Los Ochos claims; Los Ochos Mine; Thornburg No. 1 Mine; T-1 Mine), Cochetopa Mining District (Cochetopa Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pitchblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thornburg Mine (Los Ochos claims; Los Ochos Mine; Thornburg No. 1 Mine; T-1 Mine), Cochetopa Mining District (Cochetopa Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:380246
Long-form Identifier:1:3:380246:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pitchblende
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘKathy Jo and Irishman's Dream Claims (East Mine; Lost Nueve Mine), Cochetopa Mining District (Cochetopa Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘCochetopa Mining District (Cochetopa Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘBelle Lode and Freeman Group (Balls Lode), Cochetopa Mining District (Cochetopa Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
6.0km (3.8 miles) ⓘShurshot Claims, Cochetopa Mining District (Cochetopa Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
35.8km (22.3 miles) ⓘApache No. 4 Prospect, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘPitch Mine, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘLookout No. 22 claim, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘMarshall Pass No. 5 prospect, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘMarshall Pass Nos. 33 Claim (Marshall Pass Nos. 34 Claim; Marshall Pass Nos. 35 Claim; Marshall Pass Nos. 58 Claim; Olympia Extension; Marshall Pass Nos. 36 Claim), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘRawley Mine, Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
References
Page, Lincoln R., Stocking, Hobart E., Smith, Harriet B. (1956) Contributions to the geology of uranium and thorium by the United States Geological Survey and Atomic Energy Commission for the United Nations International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955. Professional Paper 300. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp300
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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