Lucky Find Claim

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Thorium, Copper
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 10012570
MRDS ID D008254
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Find Claim
Alternate or previous names Lucky Strike
Related records 10239557

Geographic coordinates

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

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)

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 33 NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Thorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .004 TO 0.14% EQUIV. U308, .001% U, .02 TO .77% EQUIV. TH02, .55% TH02, .18% RAE OXIDES

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase And Nonporphyritic Basalt
    Rock description Diabase And Nonporphyritic Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.33057, 38.1839

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD-LIKE
    Strike N70W (VEIN) N70E (GNEISS)
    Dip VERTICAL (VEIN)
    Length 457.2M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins, Vertical Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area; Mckinley Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernest Sparling, Rosita, Co. And Lawrence Knobbe, Spearville, Ks.
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS (EACH 15 FT DEEP), SEVERAL SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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