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Unidentified Occurrence

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018412
MRDS ID DC05400
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.59225, 38.26529 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 1.0 MILE EAST OF HILLSIDE (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillside(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 46N 12E 01 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF TEXAS CREEK ALONG LOW HILLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976); LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Thorn Ranch Tuff;Gribbles Park Tuff
    Rock description Thorn Ranch Tuff;Gribbles Park Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Antero Formation Of Johnson (1937)
    Rock description Antero Formation Of Johnson (1937)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.59225, 38.26529
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Goat Creek-Hillside Paleovalley Of Oligocene-Miocene Age
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Nne-Trending And Ese-Trending Fault Intersect In Vicinity Of Occurrence

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hillside Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 CONTAINED ITEM 2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1947, MINERAL RES. OF COLO

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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