John Spalding

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, Barium-Barite, Lead
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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012568
MRDS ID D008252
Record type Site
Current site name John Spalding
Alternate or previous names Spaulding

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.26863, 38.2289 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 9.3 MILES N25E 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021S 071W 13,18 NE OF NE (13); SW (18) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF OAK CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result .002% U308, .03% EQUIV. TH02

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.26863, 38.2289

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E (GNEISS); N25W (VEIN)
    Dip 75NW (GNEISS); 85W (VEIN)
    Length 792.48M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Mineralized Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Spalding
    Home office Ilse Route, Canon City, Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 5 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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