Starbuck Claim

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, REE, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012877
MRDS ID D008865
Record type Site
Current site name Starbuck Claim

Geographic coordinates

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

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021S 071W 028 NE OF NE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF RIDGE NEAR "ATOMIC MOUNTAIN" CLAIMS; TO NE OF BEAR PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Thorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .021 TO .30% EQUIV. U, .001 TO .002% U, .11 TO 1.67% EQUIV. TH02, .81 TO 1.59% TH02, .12% RAE OXIDES

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 > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PIPELIKE
    Strike N 35 W (SHEAR ZONE)
    Dip VERTICAL (SHEAR ZONE)
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ENTIRE SHEAR ZONE IS WEAKLY RADIOACTIVE WITH CONCENTRATIONS OF THORIUM MINERALS NEAR THE ADIT AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PROSPECT PITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area; Mckinley Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. Sparling And L. Knobbe
    First year 1953

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 PITS, PARTIALLY CAVED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 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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