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Swartz Ranch

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, REE, Uranium, Beryllium, Vermiculite
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  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012575
MRDS ID D008260
Record type Site
Current site name Swartz Ranch
Alternate or previous names D.P. Van Nouhuys Property, Iron Queen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.33168, 38.14751 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 1.0 MILE DUE NORTH 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022S 071W 09 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF MOUNT TYNDALL; SWARTZ RANCH IS FIRST RANCH ON NORTH SIDE OF COLORADO ROUTE 96 EAST OF QUERIDA; DEPOSIT NORTH ON TYNDALL GULCH FROM RANCH BUILDINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Thorite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Vermiculite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result .005% U, 6.51% TH02, 1.71% TH02
Result LA, CE, Y PRESENT

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende Gneiss, Gabbroic Gneiss, Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Hornblende Gneiss, Gabbroic Gneiss, Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.33168, 38.14751
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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
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins, Shear Zones; Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wet Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. P. Van Nouhuys
    First year 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 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.

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