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Manitou District

Occurrence in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013850
MRDS ID D010376
Record type District
Current site name Manitou District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.94834, 38.85861 (WGS84)
Elevation 2694
Relative position 6.5 MILES N 73 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(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 El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014S 068W 01 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SMALL BLOCK OF CLAIMS ON SE FLANK OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NORTH OF RUXTON CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C N2 S2 SEC. 01. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.94834, 38.85861
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer George Caddick, Henry Watson And Others (First Claimants)

Mining district

District name Manitou District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIMS PROBABLY FIRST PROSPECTED BY UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEYS

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE. POSSIBLE VEIN OCCURRENCES IN PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY LATE PHASE WINDY POINT GRANITE.
Deposit NO INDIVIDUAL MINE RECORDS PREPARABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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