The Baumer Pegmatite Prospect is a uranium, thorium, and ree mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,550 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 8,550 Feet (2,606 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Thorium, REE
Lat, Long: 38.70833, -105.48889
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Baumer Pegmatite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Baumer Pegmatite Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Primary: REE
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Guffey Area/Micanite 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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault/Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Allanite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF TWO UNITS: A WALL ZONE OF REDDISH MICROCLINE, WHITE PLAGIOCLASE (AB 87) AND COLORLESS QUARTZ TO 4 INCHES LONG, AND A CORE OF QUARTZ AND LIGHT RED MICROCLINE WITH BIOTITE ALTERED TO CHLORITE. EUXENITE ASSOCIATED WITH MINOR MONAZITE MOSTLY IN WALL ZONE NEAR CORE. RADIOACTIVE ILMENITE ENCLOSED IN PARALLEL SHEAFS FO BIOTITE IN CORE ALONG ITS MARGINS. ALLANITE IN QUARTZ PEGMATITE CUT BY BIOTITE BLADES.
Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF MACK GULCH ABOUT .75 MILES NORTH OF FREMONT COUNTY-PARK COUNTY LINE AT JUNCTION OF SMALL TRIBUTARY WITH MACK GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W. AND BEVER, J.E., 1957, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY AREA, PARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUARTERLY, V.52, NO.4, P. 23-35
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