Trail Mines Prospect

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

Name: Trail Mines Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  El Paso

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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