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Elizabeth Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012182
MRDS ID D007651
Record type Site
Current site name Elizabeth Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bertha, Callahan, Ophir Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35085, 38.12445 (WGS84)
Elevation 2819
Relative position 2.0 MILES N20W FROM ROSITA, CO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022S 071W 20 SE OF NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SLOPE OF ROBINSON PLATEAU SW OF KANKAKEE HILL ; 0.5 MILE WEST OF BASSICK MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weakly Argillized

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Trachyandesite
    Rock unit name Bunker Trachyandesite, Main Body
    Rock description Bunker Trachyandesite, Main Body
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Trachyandesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35085, 38.12445
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description On Ophir Vein

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Ophir Vein, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Rosita

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 51.82M
    Overall depth 72.54M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIEMS, P.L., 1967, VOLCANIC AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ROSITA HILLS AND SILVER CLIFF DISTRICTS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES, D.SC. THESIS, T1042, 222 P.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870-1895

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 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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