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Clora May Mine

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, REE, Bismuth, Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium
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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. 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 10013701
MRDS ID D010132
Record type Site
Current site name Clora May Mine
Alternate or previous names Clara May Lode, Mina Blanca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.99504, 38.85972 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 3.5 MILES S 22 E OF NEWETT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Rock Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014S 077W 10 E2 OF SE OF SE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR INTERSECTION OF TROUT CREEK AND MUSH ROOM GULCH; ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
REE Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EUXENITE REPORTED TO OCCUR IN MASSES 8-10 INCHES IN DIAMETER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Beryl Ore
Bismutite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Xenotime Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gmeiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gmeiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.99504, 38.85972
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 E
    Dip 15 SE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Trout Creek Pass Region

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M And S, Inc.
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1950

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES COULD BE GREATER THAN INDICATED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 LARGE, 1 SMALL PIT; MAIN CUT 100 X 40 X 30 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED; CORE IS QUARTZ PEGMATITE, INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS QUARTZ-PLAGIOCLASEALBITE PEGMATITE; WALL IS GRANITE, OR QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 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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