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Unnamed Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013960
MRDS ID D010537
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.90061, 40.53804 (WGS84)
Elevation 3365
Relative position 23.5 MILES N62WE FROM ESTES PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007N 076W 34 NE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 0.45 MILE SE OF MONTGOMERY PASS AND 1.25 MILES NW OF CAMERON PASS. CLAIM EXTENDS INTO ADJACENT SECTIONS AROUND COMMON CORNER OF SEC. 26, 27, 34, AND 35. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Rawah Batholith
    Rock description Rawah Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Rawah Batholith;Chugwater And Sundance Formations
    Rock description Rawah Batholith;Chugwater And Sundance Formations

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.90061, 40.53804
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Medicine Bow Uplift, Rawah Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Montgomery Pass Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922

Mining district

District name Chambers Lake District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS; TWO SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RAWAH WIL DERNESS, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS OFR 82-376

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS LIE ON EAST-DIPPING REVERSE FAULT DISPLACING RAWAH GRAN ITE ON EAST AGAINST TRIASSIC-JURASSIC RED BEDS ON WEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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