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Barite Lode 2

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, Lead, Copper, Silver, Uranium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012436
MRDS ID D008067
Record type Site
Current site name Barite Lode 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.34918, 38.14918 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 1.25 MI S70E OF MCKENZIE RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tyndall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
022S 071W 08 E2 OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NEAR ROAD ON EAST SIDE, ALONG QUERIDA GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Thorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.001%

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 30
USGS model code 11d
Deposit model name Thorium-rare-earth veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende Gneiss;Migmatite
    Rock description Hornblende Gneiss;Migmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Migmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.34918, 38.14918
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest-Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 85W ON EAST WALL
    Length 914.4M
    Width 1.07M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 X 8 X 10 FT SHAFT; SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS TO NW AND SE

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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