Mine detail: Lucky Find Claim

Previously called 'Lucky Strike'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.1839, -105.33057
dep_id: 10012570
mrds_id: D008254
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite, Thorium
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Thorite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, POD-LIKE
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Veins, Vertical Shear Zone
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Hornblende Gneiss, Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Diabase And Nonporphyritic Basalt
arock_type: Diabase,Lamprophyre
Structure: Wet Mountains
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P.122
  • Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F., GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P. 23-26.
  • Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 524.
  • Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1: 24,000
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