Mine detail: Gold Crown No. 2 Claim

Previously called 'May Day LodeHidden TreasuryGold Crown No. 1'

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.02252, -105.1575
dep_id: 10012582
mrds_id: D008268
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Thorite
gangue: Barite, Feldspar, Limonite, Quartz
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Vein
Reporter: Collins, Donna B., Minecom, Beach, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Deer Peak Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphyry
arock_type: Rhyodacite
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr: 1935
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. 121
  • Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870, 1: 24,000
  • 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. 528
  • Deposit:: REV BY MILS 11-79
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.