Mine detail: Bear Claims Nos. 1 and 2 1977

Previously called 'Old Cunac PropertyWagner-Grape Creek Lode'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.32223, -105.36807

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold, Thorium, Silver
Ore:	Barite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Thorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated type:	Syenite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Nw-Trending Fault Along Pierce And Bear Gulches; Related Shear Zones Strike N 50-8 W
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009673
DEP	10101813
Reference	{Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 77-80}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B. AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 146}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R. A., HEYMAN, A. M., DELLWIG, L. F. AND GOTT, G. B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS, 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, 40 P.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.