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Marsh Gulch Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013366
MRDS ID D009616
Record type Site
Current site name Marsh Gulch Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.36335, 38.41723 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 6.9 MILES S 78 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 071W 05 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 11 MILES; TAKE NW FORK OF ROAD 1.5 MILES, THEN SOUTH 0.25 MILE AT NEXT FORK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result 0.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.05% CU, 0.01% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Dakota Formation
    Rock description Dakota Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.36335, 38.41723
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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 Webster Park Graben; Syncline, Anticline; Ilse Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 22 W
    Dip 43 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT LIES IN A REMNANT OF THE DAKOTA FORMATION IN THE DOWN DROPPED BLOCK OF THE WEBSTER PARK GRABEN, ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN A SINUOUS ANTICLINE AND SYNCLINE, BOTH TRENDING GENERALLY NNW

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 Webster Park Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.013HA
    Length 19.81M
    Overall depth 2.44M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TRENCH 6 FT WIDE BY 50 FT LONG, TO 8 FT DEEP, BEARING N 75 E; ADIT IS 15 FT LONG ON SAME BEARING AS TRENCH

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. 91-93

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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