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Blair Athol Mine

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013253
MRDS ID D009447
Record type Site
Current site name Blair Athol Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.88417, 38.91444 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position 7.5 MILES N 24 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013S 067W 15 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BASE OF MOUNTAIN FRONT SOUTH OF DOUGLAS CREEK 3.4 MILES WEST OF PIKEVIEW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe And Mn Oxides; Alteration Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY SLIGHTLY ABOVE BACKGROUND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Lyons Sandstone
    Rock description Lyons Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.88417, 38.91444
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rampart Range Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 60.96M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colorado Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 15 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY HAD BEEN WORKED SPORADICALLY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND HAD BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS PRIOR TO 1932.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 288

  • Deposit

    AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPTS. D-594 AND DEB-PR-247

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCOCITE FILLS SMALL VUGS AND HAS ALTERED CHIEFLY TO MALACHITE WITH MINOR AZURITE, ALL ASSOCIATED WITH FE AND MN OXIDES. NODULES AND STAINS LIE ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND IN NEARLY VERTICAL EASTERLY FRACTURES IN WHITE FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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