Coffey Pot Claims

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium, Tantalum
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009731
MRDS ID D002883
Record type Site
Current site name Coffey Pot Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.98253, 38.62917 (WGS84)
Elevation 2484
Relative position 0.8 MILE S14E OF TOWN OF TURRET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron 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)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 051N 009E 33 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR COMBINATION PROSPECT. EXACT LOCATION IN SECTION UNKNOWN. COORDINATES ABOVE ARE FOR ONE OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN SECTION 33. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Tantalum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.98253, 38.62917

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ew-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE ASSOCIATED WITH DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Collins, Donna B. 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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