| Deposit ID | 10012570 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008254 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lucky Find Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Lucky Strike |
| Related records | 10239557 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.33057, 38.1839 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2621 |
| Location accuracy | 50(meters) |
| Relative position | 1.4 MILES N06E OF QUERIDA |
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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 021S | 071W | 33 | NE OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Thorium | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | .004 TO 0.14% EQUIV. U308, .001% U, .02 TO .77% EQUIV. TH02, .55% TH02, .18% RAE OXIDES |
|---|
| Model code | 30 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 11d |
| Deposit model name | Thorium-rare-earth veins |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||
| Rock unit name | Diabase And Nonporphyritic Basalt | ||||
| Rock description | Diabase And Nonporphyritic Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Gneiss, Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Rock description | Hornblende Gneiss, Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Ore Body (1) | -105.33057, 38.1839 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wet Mountains |
| General form | TABULAR, POD-LIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N70W (VEIN) N70E (GNEISS) |
| Dip | VERTICAL (VEIN) |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Width | 2.13M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| District name | Wet Mountains Area; Mckinley Mountain Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ernest Sparling, Rosita, Co. And Lawrence Knobbe, Spearville, Ks. |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.14M |
| Overall depth | 4.57M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008254 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080270033 | data consolidated into this record |
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. 524.
BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1: 24,000
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1981 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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