Lady In Red No. 5 Claim

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, REE

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10014416
MRDS ID	D011170
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lady In Red No. 5 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-107.13841, 38.34083 (WGS84)
Elevation	2704
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	17.9 MILES S 39 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gateview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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	Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
New Mexico	047N	002W	07		Colorado

Comments on the location information

EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT COULD BE EITHER OR BOTH OF TWO TH PROSPECTS ON RIDGE THRU CENTER OF SECTION, AS MAPPED BY OLSON AND HEDLUND (1973). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT NEAR CENTER OF SECTION IN C N2 NW SE. OTHER PROSPECT LOCATED IN NW NE SW. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Thorium	Primary
REE Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Thorite	Ore
Barite	Gangue
Calcite	Gangue
Hematite	Gangue
Limonite	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	BAKER AND ANCTIL (1954) REPORT BACKGROUND RADIATION OF 0.05 MR/HR, RANGE TO 0.10 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Rock unit name

Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Quartz Vein;Melasyenite;Syenitic Rocks--Minette

Rock description

Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Quartz Vein;Melasyenite;Syenitic Rocks--Minette

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
Rock unit name	Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Felsic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Rock description	Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Felsic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-107.13841, 38.34083	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Goose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category	BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

SURFACE PROSPECT CUTS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D011170

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.
Deposit

HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.
Deposit

NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40. P. 174-175.
Deposit

BAKER, K.E., AND ANCTIL, R.J., 1954, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1530.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THORIUM VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF TH OCCURRENCE KNOWN IN POWDERHORN-IRON HILL AREA AND ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF LATE PRECAMBRIAN SYENITES NORTH AND WEST OF IRON HILL AND OF YOUNGER LATE PRECAMBRIAN OR CAMBRIAN CARBONATITES AT IRON HILL. FOLIATION OF DUBOIS GREENSTONE COUNTRY ROCK TREND STRONGLY N 40 E, 80 TO 90 SE. EASTERN QUARTZ VEIN TRENDS N 5 E. WEST QUARTZ VEIN IS EXTENSION OF FAULT TRENDING N 70 E. SMALL SYENITE INTRUSION LOCATED ON HILLTOP 0.6 MILE NE OF EAST PROSPECT.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THORIUM VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF TH OCCURRENCE KNOWN IN POWDERHORN-IRON HILL AREA AND ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF LATE PRECAMBRIAN SYENITES NORTH AND WEST OF IRON HILL AND OF YOUNGER LATE PRECAMBRIAN OR CAMBRIAN CARBONATITES AT IRON HILL. FOLIATION OF DUBOIS GREENSTONE COUNTRY ROCK TREND STRONGLY N 40 E, 80 TO 90 SE. EASTERN QUARTZ VEIN TRENDS N 5 E. WEST QUARTZ VEIN IS EXTENSION OF FAULT TRENDING N 70 E. SMALL SYENITE INTRUSION LOCATED ON HILLTOP 0.6 MILE NE OF EAST PROSPECT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1984	Schwochow, Stephen D.	Colorado Geological Survey

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