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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013962
MRDS ID D010539
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.51754, 40.64609 (WGS84)
Elevation 2481
Relative position 23.5 MILES N80W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustic(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 008N;008N 072W;073W 19;24 NW SW (19); NE SE (24) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE 0.5 MILE NE OF CAMMAN SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.1 TO 0.2 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.51754, 40.64609
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Skin Gulch Shear Zone, South Fork Antiform

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stove Prairie Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, ONE 33 FT DEEP, OTHER CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COMANCHE- IG SOUTH, NEOTA-FLAT TOP, AND NEVER SUMMER WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, NOR TH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS OFR 81-578, P. 27, 32

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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