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Hidden Valley Claims

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, Barium-Barite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10087747
MRDS ID D008928
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Valley Claims
Alternate or previous names Hidden Valley 1 Claim, Hidden Valley 4 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.31946, 38.20223 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 5.3 MILES N12E 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)

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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021S 071W 22,21 SW OF SE OF SW (22): SW OF NW OF NE (21) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PRIMARY LOCATION IS FOR HIDDEN VALLEY 1 CLAIM; IT LIES IN CLUSTER OF HILLS BETWEEN BONEYARD GULCH AND RALPH GULCH; HIDDEN VALLEY 4 NEAR NORTHERN HEADWATERS OF RALPH GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Thorite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 30
USGS model code 11d
Deposit model name Thorium-rare-earth veins

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area: Mckinley Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1959 GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 525, 527

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
Deposit LENSES UP TO THREE FT WIDE; MOST CONTINUOUS BARITE VEIN IN AREA; WORKED ALONG STRIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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