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Thorite Mother Lode

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012576
MRDS ID D008261
Record type Site
Current site name Thorite Mother Lode

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.31557, 38.17862 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES N 20 E 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 021S 071W 34 SE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result .052% EQUIV. U, .001% U, 0.29% TH02 (EQUIV.)

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 > Syenite
    Rock unit name Mafic Syenite Dike
    Rock description Mafic Syenite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.31557, 38.17862
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syenite Dike Replaced By Thorium Mineralization

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area, Mckinley Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ernest Sparling, Rosita, Co. And Lawrence Knobbe, Spearville, Ks.
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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