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Tantalite Prospect

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tantalum
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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. 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 10016275
MRDS ID DC00827
Record type Site
Current site name Tantalite Prospect
Related records 10143556

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.77034, 38.32889 (WGS84)
Elevation 2637
Relative position 17.5 MILES S 30 E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 47N 02E 17 SE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY AND PLATE 1 (HANLEY AND OTHERS, 1950) GIVE LOCATION AS ABOVE (SAGUACHE CO.) BUT LIST OF PROSPECTS SAY GUNNISON CO. AS THIS WAS AN UNEXAMINED PROSPECT, LOCATION IS CONSIDERED UNVERIFIED. DATA IN THIS RECORD IS GIVEN FOR THE SAGUACHE CO. PLOTTED LOCATION. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX C SE SE SEC. 17 NEAR MOUTH OF ROCK CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tantalum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tantalite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite;Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek;Pegmatite
    Rock description Granodiorite;Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek;Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.77034, 38.32889
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Pluton, Unnamed Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Minerals Localized In Pegmatites, Whose Trends Appear To Be Controlled By East- To Ene-Trending Faults And Consistent Ne Foliation Trend In Precambrian Country Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLSON AND STEVEN'S GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE OF COCHETOPA CREEK (FAULT TRENDS N 80 E) AND INTRUDED BY NUMEROUS PEGMATITES. THOSE AT PROSPECT AREA TREND APPROX. N 30 E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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