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Unidentified Occurrence

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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010889
MRDS ID D004955
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.14056, 38.03946 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048

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 20 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG OPHIR CREEK

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 Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphyry
    Rock description Deer Peak Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.14056, 38.03946
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deer Peak Volcanic Center, Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault; Edge Of Deer Peak Volcanic Center

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deer Peak Volcanic Center, Ne-Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAYLOR, R.B., 19748 RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870, 1:24,000

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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