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Jack Pot Lode

Occurrence in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012360
MRDS ID D007952
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Pot Lode
Related records 10142444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.93451, 37.87445 (WGS84)
Elevation 3194
Relative position 1.55 MILES N 15 W 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

Creede(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 001W 24 SW OF SE 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 ON UPPER SE SIDE OF BACHELOR MTN. NW OF BACHELOR MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTEDLY 10 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Creede Formation
    Rock description Creede Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.93451, 37.87445
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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 Creede Graben, Amethyst Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN AT AVE. N 20 W, TWO WINZES OF UNKNOWN DEPTH SUNK ON VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF FRACTURING SUBPARALLEL TO AMETHYST FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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