Ogden Prospect

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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. 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017717
MRDS ID DC04094
Record type Site
Current site name Ogden Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.78059, 38.44918 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position NW SLOPE OF KILN GULCH 3.5 MI. N. OF VALLIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard(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)

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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 11E 32 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • "...on the northwest slope of Kiln Gulch 3.5 mi north of Vallie" (Hanley and others, 1950). Vallie is a railroad siding on the Arkansas River between Cotopaxi and Howard.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.78059, 38.44918

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEG 10 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cotopaxi pegmatite region

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Ogden
    Home office Vallie

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-JUN-2004 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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