The General Ike Prospect is a thorium, barium-barite, and ree mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,481 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: 8,481 Feet (2,585 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium, Barium-Barite, REE
Lat, Long: 38.20722, -105.32917
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General Ike Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: General Ike Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: REE
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Strontium
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
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: IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .033 TO .094% EQUIV. U, .001 TO .004% U, .16 TO .50% EQUIV. TH02,
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSITS SPATIALLY AND GENETICALLY RELATED TO CAMBRIAN ALKALIC COMPLEXES
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF BROAD VALLEY ABOVE RALPH GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (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
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