Lady In Red Shaft

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, REE
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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094677
MRDS ID D011171
Record type Site
Current site name Lady In Red Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.12702, 38.33528 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 17.8 MILES S 38 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 08 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILLTOP NE OF CEBOLLA CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result BAKER AND ANCTIL (1954) CITE BACKGROUND RADIATION OF 0.03 MR/HR
Result 0.4 MR/HR MEASURED AT CUT WEST OF SHAFT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Melasyenite;Leucosyenite
    Rock description Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Melasyenite;Leucosyenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.12702, 38.33528

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

  • ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH; SURFACE PROSPECT CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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. GRANITE SHOWS SOME FOLIATION IN GENERAL NE DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SURROUNDING DUBOIS GREENSTONE. SMALL SYENITE INTRUSION LOCATED ON HILLTOP 0.8 MILE NNW OF PROSPECTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 Schwochow, Stephen D. 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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