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Deadman Creek Prospect

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012948
MRDS ID D008978
Record type Site
Current site name Deadman Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Deadman Creek area, Abermin project, Unnamed Mines, Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.62169, 37.88891 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 8.3 MILES S 30 E OF CRESTONE, 10 m on topo adit symbol

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 14 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Area is in the east-central part of the Baca Grant, about 8 miles SE of Crestone, between Deadman and Alpine Creeks at the SW edge of the Sangre de Cristo Range.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Rock chip samples asssayed from 0.049 to 0.303 oz/ton gold. (Sunshine files)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) silicification

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 > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase
    Rock description Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Gneiss
    Rock description Granodiorite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.62169, 37.88891
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Independence Mine Fault, Small Thrust Fault Remnants
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift

Controls for ore emplacement

  • thrust fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • Soil samples defined an area 1200 ft. by 1400 ft. where gold mineralization occurs next to a zone of intense silicification. (Sunshine files)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crestone-Music District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SURFACE PROSPECT PITS, AT LEAST THREE TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH

Comments on development

  • A mining company proposed an exploration program for 1989 on the basis of mineralization and sampling that showed significant gold potential. (Sunshine files)

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

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEINS LIE IN SHEARED AND FRACTURED GNEISS, MYLONITIZED BY INDEPENDENCE MINE FAULT (B" BRANCH) AND SMALL THRUST FAULT REMNANTS"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 12-APR-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

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