The Trail Mines Prospect is a thorium mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,661 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: 8,661 Feet (2,640 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 38.77444, -104.91444
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Trail Mines Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trail Mines Prospect
Secondary: 21 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Atomic Minerals Corp.
Home Office: Colorado Springs, Co.
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: Inland Empire Corp.
Home Office: Colorado Springs, Co.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1958
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: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS; 50-FT TUNNEL WITH SHALLOW WINZE
Comment (Location): COLO. DIV. MINES INF. REPT. GIVES LOCATION AS ON JEEP ROAD ONE MILE PAST FIRST TUNNEL ON CORLEY MTN ROAD (GOLD CAMP ROAD?) 7 MILES SW OF COLORADO SPRINGS. EXACT SITE COULD BE IN SEC. 5, 6, OR 7. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 5. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)
Comment (Commodity): EXACT MINERALOGY UNKNOWN, BUT THORITE IS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN DISTRICT
Comment (Development): SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS MADE
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107. & &
Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. ROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.
Reference (Deposit): FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.
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