The Lady In Red No. 5 Claim is a thorium mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,871 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: 8,871 Feet (2,704 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 38.34083, -107.13778
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Lady In Red No. 5 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lady In Red No. 5 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Goose Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BAKER AND ANCTIL (1954) REPORT BACKGROUND RADIATION OF 0.05 MR/HR, RANGE TO 0.10 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT COULD BE EITHER OR BOTH OF TWO TH PROSPECTS ON RIDGE THRU CENTER OF SECTION, AS MAPPED BY OLSON AND HEDLUND (1973). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT NEAR CENTER OF SECTION IN C N2 NW SE. OTHER PROSPECT LOCATED IN NW NE SW. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Deposit): THORIUM VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF TH OCCURRENCE KNOWN IN POWDERHORN-IRON HILL AREA AND ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF LATE PRECAMBRIAN SYENITES NORTH AND WEST OF IRON HILL AND OF YOUNGER LATE PRECAMBRIAN OR CAMBRIAN CARBONATITES AT IRON HILL. FOLIATION OF DUBOIS GREENSTONE COUNTRY ROCK TREND STRONGLY N 40 E, 80 TO 90 SE. EASTERN QUARTZ VEIN TRENDS N 5 E. WEST QUARTZ VEIN IS EXTENSION OF FAULT TRENDING N 70 E. SMALL SYENITE INTRUSION LOCATED ON HILLTOP 0.6 MILE NE OF EAST PROSPECT.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40. P. 174-175.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, K.E., AND ANCTIL, R.J., 1954, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1530.
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.
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