School Section Prospect

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013095
MRDS ID D009194
Record type Site
Current site name School Section Prospect
Related records 10240461

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.62391, 38.79611 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 6.4 MILES N 58 W FROM GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtynine Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014S 074W 36 N2 OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF STATE HWY 9 BY ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM DEEPEST CUT ASSAYED 0.84% W03 FOR 16 FT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite, ( Granodiorite Or Quartz Monzonite Of Boulder Creek Age)
    Rock description Pegmatite, ( Granodiorite Or Quartz Monzonite Of Boulder Creek Age)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.62391, 38.79611

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center, Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults; Large Graben

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
    Strike NORTHERLY OR N W
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control; Deposit Between Two North-Trending Pegmatits

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ZONE BETWEEN 2 NORTHERLY STRIKING PEGMATITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guffey District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Colorado
    Home office Colorado
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS; 5 SURFACE CUTS, THE LARGEST BEING 25 FT. LONG AND 12 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 80 ACRES LEASED FROM STATE OF COLORADO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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