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Shorty Robinson Lode, Young Deposit

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Vermiculite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016563
MRDS ID DC01534
Record type Site
Current site name Shorty Robinson Lode, Young Deposit
Alternate or previous names Marjorie Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.36557, 38.15168 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MI. FROM ST. HWY. 96, 7 1/2 MI. E. OF WESTCLIFFE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tyndall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 22S 71W 07 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 27
USGS model code 11
Deposit model name Alkaline complexes

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.36557, 38.15168
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STEEPLY DIPPING ALTERATION ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosita

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUSH, 1951, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 8, P. 333-335

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ-596, 1968

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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