| Deposit ID | 10014207 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010877 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Maude Mine |
| Related records | 10263959 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.799, 37.2939 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2182 |
| Relative position | 12 MILES S 72 W FROM CORTEZ |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montezuma(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Battle Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
McElmo(hydrologic unit)
Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Juan(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montezuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 035N | 018W | 14 | NE OF SE OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Diorite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Diorite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone |
| Rock unit name | Mancos Shale |
| Rock description | Mancos Shale |
| (1) | -108.799, 37.2939 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Mabel Mountain Bysmalith, Ute Peak Stock, North Black Mountain Laccolith, Ute Dome |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mcelmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010877 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080830071 |
EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66-67.
EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1955, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DRIFT FOLLOWS NE-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE THAT MAY BE PART OF UTE CREEK DIKE SYSTEM. BACK OF DRIFT IS BASE OF THIN SILL WITHIN MABEL MOUNTAIN BYSMALITH IN CONTACT WITH BAKED AND SHEARED LIMY MUDSTONE OF MANCOS SHALE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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