Barium Lode

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium, Radium
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012586
MRDS ID D008273
Record type Site
Current site name Barium Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.33838, 38.2214 (WGS84)
Elevation 2755
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 14 MILES N 50 W FROM SAGUACHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saguache(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046N 006E 20 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ORIGINAL AEC DIRECTIONS TO PROSPECT ARE SOMEWHAT CONFUSING, BUT AEC'S AND BRUNS' MAPPING SUGGEST THAT SEC. 20 IS MORE LIKELY LOCATION THAN NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS' SEC. 4. LAT-LONG AND ELEV. ARE FOR C OF SW OF SW OF SEC. 20 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary
Radium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperization, Iron Oxides

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY 0.05 MR/HR, RANGE 0.15 TO 0.5 MR/HR. GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.087% EQUIV. U, 0.044% U, 0.031% TH, WITH SOME RA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Potosi Volcanic Series;Bonanza Volcanic Pile
    Rock description Potosi Volcanic Series;Bonanza Volcanic Pile
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gneiss And Schist
    Rock description Gneiss And Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.33838, 38.2214

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bonanza Volcanic Field, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bonanza Caldera Radial Faults; Jacks Cr. Volcanic Center

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SURFACE PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. 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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