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Nightengale Claim

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, REE, Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094481
MRDS ID D008256
Record type Site
Current site name Nightengale Claim
Alternate or previous names Nightingale Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.31113, 38.12418 (WGS84)
Elevation 2789
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 1.0 MILE N 74 E OF QUERIDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(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 022S 071W 15 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON PLATEAU JUST ABOVE TYNDALL GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Thorite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.049% EQUIV. U, 0.001% U
Result 0.27% EQUIV. TH02
Result 1.43% EQUIV. TH02, 0.57% RAE OXIDES
Result 1, 28% 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 > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Dike; Diabase And Non Porphyritic Basalt
    Rock description Aplite Dike; Diabase And Non Porphyritic Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Hornblende Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.31113, 38.12418
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 W (VEIN)
    Dip VERTICAL (VEIN)
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Mineralized Fault, Veins;

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Tomsick, Westcliffe, Co. And Lawrence Knobbe, Spearville, Ks.
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 2.44M
    Overall depth 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 6X8X6 FT PROSPECT PIT AND SEVERAL SMALLER PITS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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