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Mute Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087808
MRDS ID D010138
Record type Site
Current site name Mute Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.94003, 38.52583 (WGS84)
Elevation 2298
Relative position 2.9 MILES S 09 E OF SALIDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 049N 009E 02 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON EASTERLY BRANCH OF HUB GULCH; CONNECTED TO SECONDARY ROAD BY 1-MILE LONG TRAIL; ON NORTH SIDE OF ARKANSAS RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.94003, 38.52583
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 63 NW
    Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salida Area/Cleora District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin Kenick Et Al.
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150-FT LONG ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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