| Deposit ID | 10012877 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008865 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Starbuck Claim |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.32085, 38.20001 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2673 |
| Location accuracy | 50(meters) |
| Relative position | 5.1 MILES N 08 E 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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 021S | 071W | 028 | NE OF NE OF NE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | .021 TO .30% EQUIV. U, .001 TO .002% U, .11 TO 1.67% EQUIV. TH02, .81 TO 1.59% TH02, .12% RAE OXIDES |
|---|
| Model code | 30 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 11d |
| Deposit model name | Thorium-rare-earth veins |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Rock description | Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Ore Body (1) | Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wet Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Shear Zones |
| General form | IRREGULAR PIPELIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 35 W (SHEAR ZONE) |
| Dip | VERTICAL (SHEAR ZONE) |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| District name | Wet Mountains Area; Mckinley Mountain Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. Sparling And L. Knobbe |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008865 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0802700018 | data consolidated into this record |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0802700132 | data consolidated into this record |
CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 525-526.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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