Woodstock Prospect

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014726
MRDS ID D011624
Record type Site
Current site name Woodstock Prospect
Related records 10166377

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.47257, 38.01306 (WGS84)
Elevation 3078
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 8.6 MILES S 81 W FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Uncompahgre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N 006W 36 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ACCORDING TO IRVING AND BANCROFT (1911), PROSPECT IS LOCATED AT ABOVE ELEVATION IN YELLOWSTONE GULCH BELOW OTTAWA PROSPECT (MS 1206). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR 10100-FT ELEVATION ON YELLOWSTONE GULCH JUST ABOVE ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Rhyolite
    Rock description Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.47257, 38.01306

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nne-Trending Fault/Fracture Transverse To Both Eureka Graben And To Lake City Caldera Ring Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena (Henson Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION IN ANY OTHER YEARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • 225-FT SHAFT AND 75-FT ADIT DRIVEN PRESUMABLY NE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LIES NW OF LAKE CITY CALDERA RIM IN UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA INFILL ROCKS CONSISTING OF EUREKA MEMBER RHYOLITE. NE OF MINE, SEQUENCE IS INTRUDED AND ALTERED BY MONZONITE PORPHYRY AND RHYOLITE PLUGS. SMALLER MONZONITE PORPHYRY PLUG LIES JUST SW OF MINE. VEIN LIES IN SLACK'S (1980) QUARTZ/BASE-METAL ASSEMBLAGE, INNER QUARTZ-CHALCOPYRITE ZONE. VEIN TRENDS N 15 E, DIPS 70 TO 80 SE, VARIES FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES IN WIDTH, WIDENING WITH DEPTH. VEIN CONTAINS BRECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF COUNTRY ROCK. ORE CHARACTERIZED BY NATIVE AU WHICH WAS FOUND IN WIRE FORM AT DEPTH OF 40 FT IN SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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