| Deposit ID | 10012878 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008866 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pine Tree Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Greenwood Property |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.29001, 38.18668 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2697 |
| Location accuracy | 50(meters) |
| Relative position | 4.9 MILES N 34 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 021S | 071W | 35 | NE OF NE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Result | .008 TO .058% EQUIV. U, .001 TO .002% U, .03 TO .32% EQUIV. TH02 |
|---|
| Model code | 30 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 11d |
| Deposit model name | Thorium-rare-earth veins |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| Pit (1) | -105.29001, 38.18668 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wet Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Shear Zones |
| Strike | N 60 W (VEIN) |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEPLY SW (VEIN) |
| Length | 182.88M |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| District name | Wet Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Klein, William And Jones, Fred |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Overall length | 182.88M |
| Overall width | 1.22M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008866 |
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
BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1:24,000
| 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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