| Deposit ID | 10010841 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004840 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Flag Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Anaconda Mine, Crete Mine, Ethel Consolidation Mine, Holdredge Mine See Location Comments Below |
| Related records | 10117754 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.00253, 38.63222 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2681 |
| Relative position | 1.1 MILE S75W OF TURRET |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nathrop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 51N | 09E | 32 | SW OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Gahnite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Psilomelane | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Gneiss |
| Rock description | Hornblende Gneiss |
| (1) | -106.00253, 38.63222 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N-Trending Faults, Pleasant Valley Syncline |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1901 |
| District name | Turret District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004840 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0801500027 |
COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT 1901, 1902
BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.
BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Foord, Suzann C | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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