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General Ike Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, Barium-Barite, REE, Lead, Gold, Silver, Strontium
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012907
MRDS ID D008917
Record type Site
Current site name General Ike Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.32974, 38.20723 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Relative position 5.4 MILES N 03 E FROM 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 21 NE OF NE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF BROAD VALLEY ABOVE RALPH GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Strontium Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result .033 TO .094% EQUIV. U, .001 TO .004% U, .16 TO .50% EQUIV. 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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite
    Rock description Andesite
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.32974, 38.20723
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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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins, Primarily At Vein Intersections

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS SPATIALLY AND GENETICALLY RELATED TO CAMBRIAN ALKALIC COMPLEXES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area; Mckinley Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

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

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