Stinkhole Claim

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Thorium
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087746
MRDS ID D008926
Record type Site
Current site name Stinkhole Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.32196, 38.29779 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 11.25 MILES S27W FROM CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curley Peak(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020S 071W 21 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 1.8 MILES NORTH OF TUTTLE RANCH; NEAR HEADWATERS OF HELLGATE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result .028 TO .30% EQUIV. U, .001% U, .15 TO 1.67% 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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite;Gabbro, Syenite
    Rock description Granite;Gabbro, Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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

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

  • Strike N40W (SHEAR ZONE)
    Dip 55 SW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • FETID ODOR IN VEIN MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY IN SMOKY QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Stultz

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT, 2 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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