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Unnamed Prospects

Prospect in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012940
MRDS ID D008968
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.61808, 37.91335 (WGS84)
Elevation 3066
Relative position 7.1 MILES S 37 E OF CRESTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crestone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(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 042N 012E 11 NW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON DIVIDE BETWEEN CEDAR AND DEADMAN CREEKS IN UNSURVEYED SECTION ON LAND GRANT. PROSPECTS EXTEND OVER 800-FT ELEVATION INTERVAL. HIGHEST PROSPECT PLOTTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Biotite Diorite
    Rock description Biotite Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Gneiss
    Rock description Granodiorite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.61808, 37.91335
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Independence Mine "A" And "B" Branch Faults

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 Crestone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SURFACE PROSPECTS AND ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH DRIVEN NE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BACA GRANT AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-764

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEINS LIE IN SHEAR ZONES, FRACTURES, SMALL REMNANT FAULTS SUBPARALLEL TO INDEPENDENCE MINE A" AND "B" BRANCH FAULTS"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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