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Buckeye - Holt Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010848
MRDS ID D004855
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye - Holt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.14473, 38.04335 (WGS84)
Elevation 3108
Relative position ALONG OPHIR CREEK ABOUT .75 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM JUNCTION OF TREASURE GULCH AND MAMMOTH GULCH; ABOUT 2 MILES ESE 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 23S 69W 19 NE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Deer Peak Volcanics, Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphyry
    Rock description Deer Peak Volcanics, Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.14473, 38.04335
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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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • thin fractures along NE trending fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFRANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870, 1:250,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C 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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