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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Alamosa county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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. 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 10011676
MRDS ID D006760
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.4889, 37.57835 (WGS84)
Elevation 4139
Relative position 10 MILES N 8 E FROM BLANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamosa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(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)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Alamosa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S 073W 25 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SLOPE OF BLANCA PEAK ABOVE CRATER LAKE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TELLUROBISMUTHITE (CHARACTERISTIC OF DISTRICT) MAY BE PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Plugs, Dikes, And Sills felsic and mafic
    Rock description Hornblende Diorite;Intermediate Stocks, Laccoliths, Plugs, Dikes, And Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Metaquartzite;Hornblende Diorite
    Rock description Metaquartzite;Hornblende Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.4889, 37.57835
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Frontal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blanca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

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

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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