| Deposit ID | 10012571 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008255 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mystery Lode |
| Related records | 10190799 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.29363, 38.17529 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2713 |
| Relative position | 4.9 MILES N28E 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)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 0215 | 071W | 26 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Rhodochrosite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Result | .006 TO .1% EQUIV. U, 0.001% U, .03 TO .55% EQUIV TH02, 0.4% TH02, .23% RAE OXIDE, .63% TH02 + RAE OXIDE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| Rock unit name | Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss | ||||
| Rock description | Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.29363, 38.17529 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wet Mountains |
| Strike | N15W (VEIN) N60E (GNEISS) |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 SW (VEIN) 85NW (GNEISS) |
| Width | 0.61M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| District name | Wet Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ernest Sparling, Rosita, Co. And Lawrence Knobbe, Spearville, Ks. |
| First year | 1951 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008255 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080270103 |
BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IN SMALL MASSES IN QUARTZ |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1981 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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