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Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
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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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013359
MRDS ID D009602
Record type Site
Current site name Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12
Alternate or previous names Hellgate Gulch Open Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3489, 38.30279 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 11.2 MILES S 34 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020S 071W 20,17 NE (20); S2 (17) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 19 MILES S SW OF CANON CITY ON OAK CREEK GRADE, THEN NW FROM YORKVILLE SITE ON BEAR GULCH ROAD FOR 1 MILE TO HELLGATE GULCH. WEST ON HELLGATE GULCH FOR 4 MILES TO WESTERNMOST CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE CONSIDERED LOW GRADE, POOR QUALITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result ZN (0.01-0.51 %), AG (0.1-0.5 OZ/TON)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 24
USGS model code 10
Deposit model name Carbonatite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Syenite
    Rock description Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3489, 38.30279
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Shear Zones

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Grape Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gerald L. Jensen, Petro Silver, Inc.
    First year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.567HA
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SMALL SHAFTS; 3 PITS; LONG DOZER CUT; LARGE, 4 BENCH OPEN PIT. SHAFT 1 IS 20 FT DEEP, SHAFT 2 IS 19 FT DEEP, SHAFT 3 IS 17 FT DEEP, PIT 1 IS 12 X 6 X 4 FT DEEP, PIT 2 IS 17 X 6 X 3 FT DEEP, PIT 3 IS 10 X 6 X 3 FT DEEP; DOZER CUT 94 X 12 X 4 FT DEEP. OPEN PIT AT MOUTH OF HELLGATE GULCH. IT IS SERIES OF 4 CUTS ANGLING UPHILL FOR 250 FT WITH AVERAGE BENCH HEIGHT 18 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 87-90

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE-CALCITE VEINS NUMEROUS, DISCONTINUOUS, TO 6 FT WIDE

Reporter information

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

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