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Blanca Mutual Mining and Milling Co. Claims

Prospect in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012949
MRDS ID D008980
Record type Site
Current site name Blanca Mutual Mining and Milling Co. Claims
Alternate or previous names Myrtle K, Aztac, Irenea, Revenue Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.56447, 37.85363 (WGS84)
Elevation 2633
Relative position 12 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

Liberty(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

Great Sand Dunes National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025S 073W 20,21,29 SE OF SE (20); W2 OF SW (21); NE OF NE (29) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SAND CREEK 1.8 MILES ESE OF LIBERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
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 Granodiorite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss, And Amphibolite
    Rock description Granodiorite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss, And Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.56447, 37.85363
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault And Unnamed Branch Fault

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 Liberty (Music) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL HEADING WESTWARD FOR UNKNOWN DISTANCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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