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John Moore and Lucky Claims

Past Producer in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodities Iron, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011662
MRDS ID D006731
Record type Site
Current site name John Moore and Lucky Claims
Alternate or previous names Lucky Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.27528, 37.61169 (WGS84)
Elevation 2938
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES N 9 E OF RUSSELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costilla(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Costilla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S;028S 071W;070W 13;18 SE (13) OF SW (18) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALTHOUGH DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS IN UNSURVEYED PRIVATE LAND GRANT, SECTIONS REPORTED ARE BASED ON PATTON AND OTHERS (1910) MAP RATHER THAN PROJECTIONS FROM ADJACENT QUADS. LAT-LONG AND ELEVATIONS DETERMINED FROM TOPO QUAD. MINE OR CLAIMS LIE ON EAST SIDE OF GRAYBACK CREEK 0.35 MILES BELOW JUNCTION WITH BUCKSKIN GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY OF IRON VEIN ABOVE LUCKY TUNNEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Analytical data

Result $4/TON AU, $0.06/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe
Model code 64
USGS model code 18f
Deposit model name Skarn Au
Mark3 model number 82
Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock type qualifier interbedded limestone, shale, sandstone
    Rock unit name MaderaFormation
    Rock description Minturn Formation

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.27528, 37.61169
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • thin limestone beds in shales and sandstones of the Madera Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grayback (Russell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trinchera (Estate)
    First year 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • LUCKY TUNNEL DRIVEN DUE EAST ACROSS BOTH LUCKY AND JOHN MOORE CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN TO DEVELOP SAME IRON DEPOSIT FOUND ON CONTIGUOUS STAR OF THE WEST CLAIM.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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