Mystery Lode

Occurrence in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012571
MRDS ID D008255
Record type Site
Current site name Mystery Lode
Related records 10190799

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.29363, 38.17529 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position 4.9 MILES N28E OF QUERIDA

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)

Upper Arkansas(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
6th Principal 0215 071W 26 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF BONEYARD GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Thorite Ore

Analytical data

Result .006 TO .1% EQUIV. U, 0.001% U, .03 TO .55% EQUIV TH02, 0.4% TH02, .23% RAE OXIDE, .63% TH02 + RAE OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.29363, 38.17529

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W (VEIN) N60E (GNEISS)
    Dip 60 SW (VEIN) 85NW (GNEISS)
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Vein, Shear Zone; All Trend Nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernest Sparling, Rosita, Co. And Lawrence Knobbe, Spearville, Ks.
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, PIT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN SMALL MASSES IN QUARTZ

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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