Fair View Lode

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, Barium-Barite
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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012577
MRDS ID D008262
Record type Site
Current site name Fair View Lode

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.32974, 38.04668 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 5 MILES S 15 W FROM QUERIDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosita(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 023S 071W 08 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • DIRECTIONS FROM ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION: " 2.5 MILES WEST OF ROSITA, SOUTH 2.5 MILES, SOUTH THRU GOAT FARMER'S YARD, PAST HEMATITE DEPOSITS, NORTHWEST OF SUMMIT OF ROAD" ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.058% EQUIVALENT U, 0.001% EQUIVALENT 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende-Plagio Clase Gneiss;Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Hornblende-Plagio Clase Gneiss;Granite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.32974, 38.04668

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rosita Volcanic Center

Ore body information

  • General form Tabular
    Strike N 30 W
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Faults, Fractures, Shears;

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lawrence Knobbe, Spearville, Ks.; And Vera Moore And Emma Curtis, Westcliffe, Co.
    First year 1954
    Last year 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TRENCH

Comments on development

  • BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.02 MR/HR, RADIOACTIVITY RANGE 0.35 TO 1.0 MR/HR

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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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