Homestake No. 2 Claim

The Homestake No. 2 Claim is a thorium and ree mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake No. 2 Claim
Secondary: Homestake No. 6
Secondary: Homestake Claims

Commodity

Primary: Thorium
Primary: REE

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Wet Mountains Area

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: 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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Shear Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: .007 TO .13% EQUIV. U, .001 TO .003% U, .03 TO 72% EQUIV. TH02, .04 TO .30% TH02, .03 TO 6.51% RAE OXIDES

Materials

Ore: Thorite
Ore: Fergusonite
Ore: Bastnaesite
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): 3 PROSPECT PITS, ONE SHAFT

Comment (Geology): VEINS LIE 1.4 MILES WEST OF LARGE ALKALIC COMPLEX (MCCLURE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX); CARBONATE VEINS HIGHER IN RAE THAN SILICEOUS VEINS;

Comment (Location): "3.9 MILES FROM STATE ROUTE 69 ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSIDE".; NEAR DREAMERS HOPE CLAIMS WHICH ARE ABOUT 600 FT TO NE; NORTH OF ROAD GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE MEDIUM-TO COARSE-GRAINED, AND BANDED IN PLACES; WHITE, RED, BROWN, BLACK WHERE FRESH, RED OR BROWN WHERE WEATHERED

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

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, P. 530-531

Reference (Deposit): CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F. AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P. 25.

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H. AND CONKLIN, N.M., 1966, RARE-EARTH THORIUM CARBONATE VEINS OF THE ROAD GULCH AREA, NORTHERN WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, IN, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1966: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 550-B, P. B130-B134

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