| Deposit ID | 10012913 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008927 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beardsley Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Zabel-Beardsley Lease |
| Point of reference | Approximate |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.32168, 38.12029 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2743 |
| Relative position | located at small pit along throrium vein; 8.5 MILES S86E FROM WESTCLIFFE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Custer(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rosita(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 022S | 071W | 22 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Model code | 30 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 11d |
| Deposit model name | Thorium-rare-earth veins |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Syenite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Syenite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Rock description | Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Approximate (1) | -105.32168, 38.12029 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wet Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Shear Zones |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| District name | Wet Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Calico Minerals |
| First year | 1960 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008927 |
STALTZ, M.H. AND OTHERS, 1979, PRINCIPAL, THORIUM RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS CIRCULAR 805, P. 12-13.
DEL RIO, S.M., 1960, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 395
SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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