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Unidentified Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013037
MRDS ID D009112
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect
Alternate or previous names No-Deposit Industry Name

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.3239, 38.1489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 2.0 MILES N 09 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)

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 022S 071W 09 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON OR NEAR ANTRIM LODE PLUG BETWEEN TWO NORTHERN BRANCHES OF TYNDALL GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

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 > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.3239, 38.1489
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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 Tabular
    Strike N 28 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Shear Zones, Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area, Rosita Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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