Guffey District, West

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008730
MRDS ID D001082
Record type District
Current site name Guffey District, West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.56725, 38.75 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015S 073W 08,09,16,17 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • THIS IS A DISTRICT RECORD AND LOCATIONS GIVEN ARE FOR THE GENERAL AREA OF THE DISTRICT ONLY; ADDITIONAL SECTIONS COULD POSSIBLY BE INCLUDED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Bornite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Clinozoisite Gangue
Copper Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Thulite Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek;Boulder Creek;
    Rock description Boulder Creek;Boulder Creek;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation;Idaho Springs Formation
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation;Idaho Springs Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.56725, 38.75

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Antelope Mountain And Guffey Volcanic Centers
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEP TO VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALC SILICATE GNEISS AND SKARNS BIOTITE GNEISS; INTRUDED BY PEGMATITES BIOTITE GNEISS; INTRUDED BY PEGMATITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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