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Indian Springs Gulch Prospect

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, 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. 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 10013370
MRDS ID D009626
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Springs Gulch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.68836, 38.49723 (WGS84)
Elevation 2670
Relative position 8.6 MILES N 02 E OF COTOPAXI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arkansas Mountain(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
New Mexico 049N 012E 18 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH FROM COTOPAXI FOR 8 MILES ALONG BERNARD CREEK. TAKE JEEP ROAD 0.75 MILES EAST, THEN NORTH ON ANOTHER JEEP ROAD FOR 1 MILE TO THE PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
  • East of the main part of the Red Gulch district

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Copper Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result 0.7 OZ/TON AG, 0.06% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • 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 > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.68836, 38.49723
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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 Cotopaxi Fault, Related N-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • This mine is not typical for the Red Gulch district in that the copper occurs in Proterozoic crystalline basement rocks rather than in Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks.

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 Red Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, CAVED ADIT

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. 66-67

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1; 62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 26-MAY-2004 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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