Carbonate Vein

Occurrence in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012320
MRDS ID D007878
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Vein
Alternate or previous names Ada Claims
Related records 10142477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9159, 37.89473 (WGS84)
Elevation 3088
Relative position 2.95 MILES N12E FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Luis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 01E 18 NE OF NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ABOVE E. WILLOW CR. ON NE SIDE OF CAMPBELL MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Min. Rhyolite
    Rock description Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Min. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.9159, 37.89473

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Type of structure Local
Structure description Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zone; Creede Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Outlet Mining Co.
    First year 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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