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Ophir Creek Claims

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009736
MRDS ID D002892
Record type Site
Current site name Ophir Creek Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.14334, 38.03641 (WGS84)
Elevation 3341
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position ALONG PHIR CREEK, ABOUT ONE MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM IU SE OF DEER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 023S 069W 19,20 NE (19); NW (20) Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization, Pyritization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Deer Peak Volcanics, Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphryr;Deer Peak Volcanics, Breccia Pipe Of Porphyry And Gneiss
    Rock description Deer Peak Volcanics, Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphryr;Deer Peak Volcanics, Breccia Pipe Of Porphyry And Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.14334, 38.03641
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deer Peak Volcanics, Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault, Breccia Pipe

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir Creek District District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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