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Spanish Gold Mine Lode

Prospect in Las Animas county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087403
MRDS ID D006678
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Gold Mine Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.97277, 37.37086 (WGS84)
Elevation 3536
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ONE MILE ESE OF WEST SPANISH PEAK, Within 1500-Ft Radius, Within 1500-Ft Radius, Within 1500-Ft Radius, Within 1500-Ft Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Las Animas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herlick Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Apishapa(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Spanish Peaks Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Las Animas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 031S 068W 02,03 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SOUTH FORK TRUJILLO CREEK, CARRAWAY'S (1899) LOCATION UNCERTAIN; COULD BE EITHER SEC. 2 OR 3 OR BOTH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975) (1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Oxide, Malachite

Analytical data

Result $2 TO $50/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Huerfano Formation;Cuchara Formation
    Rock description Huerfano Formation;Cuchara Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.97277, 37.37086
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raton Basin Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Veta Syncline

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W TO N40W; SOME POSSIBLY E-W
    Dip 90
  • Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Radial Dikes And Fractures In Surrounding Metamorphosed Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Veta District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIM WITH DISCOVERY CUT AND 100-FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARRAWAY (1899) DESCRIBES ORES IN IRON-OXIDE AND GREEN-COPPER STAINED, DECOMPOSED QUARTZITE AND PARTLY DECOMPOSED PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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