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North Star Claim

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012937
MRDS ID D008963
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.76614, 38.1064 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 14 MILES S 46 E OF VILLA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mirage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 045N 011E 33 NE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF WILD CHERRY CREEK. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER NE SW SEC. 33. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gravels and alluviums
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer James A. Dickerson, Et. Al.

Mining district

District name Blake (Mirage, Cotton Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner James A Dickerson Et. Al.
    First year 1904

Comments on the production information

  • USGS (1922) CITES MINOR PRODUCTION OF AU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MINEARL RESOURCE OF THE US. 1922

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 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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