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Rare Earth Special No 4

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142205
MRDS ID D008258
MAS/MILS ID 0080270036
Record type Site
Current site name Rare Earth Special No 4
Related records 10012573

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.31227, 38.16171 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022 S 071 W 03 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fersmannite Unknown
Friedelite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.31227, 38.16171
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 45W
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N85E:45W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ray Claflin
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lawerence Knobbe
    Home office Kansas
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS OCT 1976 FILE OWN: RAY CLAFLIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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