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Billiken and Black Knight Lodes

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013756
MRDS ID D010218
Record type Site
Current site name Billiken and Black Knight Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.21891, 39.46666 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES S 20 W FROM CRITCHELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Platte Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 070W 03 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF KENNEDY GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SW SEC. 03 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT MAY HAVE CONTAINED AU AND AG, BUT THIS IS UNCONFIRMED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.04 MR/HR
Result RANGE FROM 0.04 MR/HR TO OFF RECORDER SCALE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Basic Dike
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Basic Dike
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatite
    Rock description Migmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.21891, 39.46666
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone, Billiken Fault, Black Knight Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith

Ore body information

  • Length 274.32M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Fault With Magnetite-Garnet Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Critchell Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, 1646 FT OF CORE DRILLING

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR CU, AU, AND AG. U DISCOVERED IN 1955; DMEA EXPLORATION IN 1957-58, BUT NO COMMERCIAL ORE WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAYERED GNEISS AND AMPHIBOLITE SEQUENCE TRENDS ABOUT N 70 W, 50 TO 60 NE; BIOTITE GNEISS ENCLOSES 5- TO 60-FT-WIDE LAYER OF MAGNETITE-RICH GARNET GNEISS. BLACK KNIGHT FAULT PARALLELS KENNEDY GULCH FAULT ZONE OR BRECCIA REEF AND IS MARKED BY THIN SUBPARALLEL FRACTURES AND 3- TO 5-FT-THICK BRECCIA ZONE WITH U, CU, AND CARBONATE MINERALS; SECONDARY U MINERALS ON OUTCROP. BILLIKEN FAULT STRIKES NNE, DIPS 50 TO 70 SE AND PRESUMABLY INTERSECTS BLACK KNIGHT FAULT. COLLOFORM PITCHBLENDE FILLS THIN FRACTURES AND WAS BRECCIATED BEFORE DEPOSITION OF CU SULFIDES. PRIMARY U APPEARS CONFINED TO INTERSECTIONS OF BLACK KNIGHT FAULT WITH MAGNETITE-RICH GARNET GNEISS LAYER.
Deposit DUPLICATE D002229 DELETED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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