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Unnamed Prospect

Prospect in Saguache 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012931
MRDS ID D008954
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -106.43755, 38.39028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES S 52 W FROM SARGENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sargents(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 005E 29 SW OF NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF TOMICHI CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Mafic Intrusive Rocks;Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Mafic Intrusive Rocks;Granitic Rocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Mafic Intrusive Rocks;Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Mafic Intrusive Rocks;Granitic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -106.43755, 38.39028
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sargents Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONS. DIV. COMP. DATE 8/69

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MF-761

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 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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