Jit Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Manganese
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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087595
MRDS ID D008051
Record type Site
Current site name Jit Prospect
Alternate or previous names Stroehlke Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.4778, 38.15918 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position .5 MILE WEST OF HERMAN PASSIFLORA (SONGBIRD) MINE; 2 MILES NW OF WESTCLIFFE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcliffe(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 022S 072W 07 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG GULLEY TO NORTH OF ROAD WEST OF BEN WEST HILL; ASSUMED A POINT AT CENTER OF QUARTER SECTION FOR DETERMINING GEODETIC LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Silver Cliff Rhyolite Undivided
    Rock description Silver Cliff Rhyolite Undivided
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.4778, 38.15918

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Ring Fault And Nw-And Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Dip BEDS DIP STEEPLY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Junction Of Ne-Trending And Nw-Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • "THICK ALLUVIUM COVER OVER STEEPLY DIPPING BEDS"

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 Silver Cliff District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU MINES MINERAL EXAMINATION FILE

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 Collins, Donna B. 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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