Ace High-Jackpot Prospect

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013828
MRDS ID D010349
Record type Site
Current site name Ace High-Jackpot Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.00476, 38.6325 (WGS84)
Elevation 2627
Relative position 6.85 MILES N06W OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nathrop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 009E 32 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 700 FT ABOVE RAILROAD GULCH, ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF TURRET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Gahnite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.00476, 38.6325

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Faults, Pleasant Valley Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 85W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Between N-Trending Faults;

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glen R. Lemberg And Son
    Home office Salida, Co.
    First year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND INCLINE: WORKINGS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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