The Pennie Poker is a thorium and ree mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium, REE
Lat, Long: 38.24444, -105.36111
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Pennie Poker MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pennie Poker
Secondary: Penny Poker
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Primary: REE
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Wet Mountains Area; Mckinley Mountain Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ernest Sparling
Home Office: Rosita, Co.
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Thorium-rare-earth veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault; Nw-Trending Fault/Vein With 8-12 Inch Gouge On Footwall
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .064 TO .084% EQUIV. U, .001% U, .35 TO .46% EQUIV. TH02, .26% TH02, .09% RAE
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ON SAME MINERALIZED FAULT AS DARBY EXTENSION
Comment (Location): ABOVE TRIBUTARY TO DEAD MULE GULCH, NEAR CREST OF HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): 25-FOOT SHAFT ON NW END OF VEIN AND TUNNEL ON SE END OF VEIN (REPORTED TO BE 180 FT), 2 PROSPECT CUTS, PROSPECT SHAFT
References
Reference (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.
Reference (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. 123
Reference (Deposit): CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C., AND SINGEWALD, Q.O., 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 522, 524
Reference (Deposit): CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F. AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATION 1950-52 WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P.23, 26.
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