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Unnamed Gold Occurrence

Occurrence in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011625
MRDS ID D006661
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.49776, 37.75196 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 18 MILES N60E FROM WALSENBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Rattlesnake Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walsenburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 026S 063W 30 SE OF SW OF NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 1200 FT SW OF GOLD MINE RESERVOIR ON UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF RATTLESNAKE CANYON, 0.75 MILE ON COUNTY ROAD NORTH OF SR 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976) (1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASED ON NAME ASSOCIATION WITH GOLD MINE RESERVOIR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Ultrabasic Dike
    Rock description Ultrabasic Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone;Graneros Shale
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone;Graneros Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.49776, 37.75196
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Apishapa Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Apishapa Uplift

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DIKE IS SHOWN ON REGIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP, BUT SITE LIES ON ALIGNMENT WITH DIKE AT "THE HOGBACK" AND THOSE NEAR WALSENBURG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Walsenburg Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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