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Adamic Cow Camp Workings

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013364
MRDS ID D009613
Record type Site
Current site name Adamic Cow Camp Workings
Alternate or previous names Apollo Claim, Apollo No. 1 Claim 1977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.36946, 38.40695 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position pit SW of Adamic Cow Camp site; 13.1 MILES S 79 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

Royal Gorge(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019S 072W 07 E2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD FOR 11 MILES. TAKE NW FORK IN ROAD FOR 1.5 MILES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result CU (0.01-1.2 %), AG (0.2-0.6 OZ/TON), ZN (0.02-0.09 %)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatite Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatite Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.36946, 38.40695
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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 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 Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grape Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 57.91M
    Overall depth 9.75M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, TRENCHES, ADIT WITH WINZE. PIT 1 23 FT WIDE, 10 FT DEEP; 32-FT SHAFT; PITS 4 X 8 X 4 FT DEEP, 4 X 4 X 3 FT DEEP; TRENCH 45 FT LONG ON 30 X 100 FT BENCH CUT BEARING N 74 E; 66-FT ADIT WITH WINZE

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. 74-76

  • 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.

Reporter information

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

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