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Blue Bird Claim

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, Barium-Barite
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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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087744
MRDS ID D008921
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Claim
Alternate or previous names Greenwood Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.29251, 38.18751 (WGS84)
Elevation 2704
Relative position pit on airphoto; 4.8 MILES N27E 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)

Upper Arkansas(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 26 SW OF SE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON GREENWOOD PROPERTY, THREE MILES NORTH OF THE HAPUTA RANCH; ABOUT 3/4 MILE NE OF DRY LAKE, EAST OF HWY 143 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result .007% EQUIV. U, .001% U, .03% 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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Gabbro
    Rock description Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • 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

Approximate (1) -105.29251, 38.18751
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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; Two Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W (VEIN)
    Dip STEEPLY SW (VEIN)
    Length 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins And Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS SPACIALLY AND GENETICALLY RELATED TO CAMBRIAN ALKALIC COMPLEXES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Susman And W.L. Susman
    First year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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