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Trail Mines Prospect

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087850
MRDS ID D010312
Record type Site
Current site name Trail Mines Prospect
Alternate or previous names 21 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.915, 38.77445 (WGS84)
Elevation 2640
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES S 48 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, Within 1.5-Mile Radius, Within 1.5-Mile Radius, Within 1.5-Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 067W 05 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • COLO. DIV. MINES INF. REPT. GIVES LOCATION AS ON JEEP ROAD ONE MILE PAST FIRST TUNNEL ON CORLEY MTN ROAD (GOLD CAMP ROAD?) 7 MILES SW OF COLORADO SPRINGS. EXACT SITE COULD BE IN SEC. 5, 6, OR 7. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 5. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXACT MINERALOGY UNKNOWN, BUT THORITE IS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN DISTRICT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.915, 38.77445
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Inland Empire Corp.
    Home office Colorado Springs, Co.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Atomic Minerals Corp.
    Home office Colorado Springs, Co.
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS; 50-FT TUNNEL WITH SHALLOW WINZE

Comments on development

  • SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS MADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

  • Deposit

    FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. ROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.

  • Deposit

    OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107. & &

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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