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Turret District

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013835
MRDS ID D010357
Record type District
Current site name Turret District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.97726, 38.64028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Relative position MAIN PART OF DISTRICT ABOUT 1 MILE DUE EAST OF TURRET, NE OF SALIDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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

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 26,27,28,29,33,34,35 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE GIVEN FOR THE GOLD BUG MINE; THE DISTRICT LIES NE OF SALIDA, LARGELY EAST OF THE TOWN OF TURRET, ALONG CAT GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite;Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Granodiorite;Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone
    Rock description Leadville Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.97726, 38.64028
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W-Trending Faults, Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Turret District (Turret Creek District) (Calumet District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Material AU ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^7 Oz Recovered
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Gold Gold 217.72g
  • Year 1935
    Material CU-AG ORE ACC
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9 Oz Au, 86 Oz Ag, 5700 Lbs. Cu Recovered
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 2.57mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 2428g
    Major Ore Gold Gold 254g
  • Year 1936
    Material AU ORE ACC
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10 Oz Recovered
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 282.4g
  • Year 1939
    Material AU ORE ACC
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4 Oz Recovered
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 113g
  • Year 1941
    Material AU-AG ORE ACC
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12 Oz Au, 14 Oz Ag Recovered
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 395.3g
    Major Ore Gold Gold 339g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OSBORN, E.F. AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET, COLORADO MINING DISTRICT: ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED M.A. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    BEHRE, C.H., JR., OSBORN, E.F., AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1936, CONTACT ORE DEPOSITION AT THE CALUMET IRON MINE, COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 8, P. 781-804.

  • Deposit

    VAN DIVER, B.B., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET MINING DISTRICT, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO THESIS,

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000. &&

  • Deposit

    BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100. &&

  • Deposit

    BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P. &&

  • Deposit

    BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7 &&

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25 &&

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M. AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918, P. 14-17. &&

  • Deposit

    HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., AND PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING AND UTAH, 1942-43: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227?F11) SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V. 8, NO. 5, P. 6.?F12) LIDNGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174?F13) BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.

  • Production

    VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EASTERN PART OF DISTRICT (CALUMET MINE) CONSISTS OF REPLACEMENT-TYPE DEPOSITS; WESTERN PART IS LARGELY LODE-TYPE DEPOSITS CONSISTING OF QUARTZ VEINS FOLLOWING FINE-GRAINED PORPHYRY DIKES
Deposit ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 16-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Changed record type from site to district.

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