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Maes Creek Prospects

Occurrence in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087876
MRDS ID D010573
MAS/MILS ID 0080557021
Record type Site
Current site name Maes Creek Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.0625, 37.8628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 8.3 MILES N50E FROM GARDNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badito Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(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)

Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025S 069W 24 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG MAES CREEK 1.5 MILES NORTH OF SANTANA BUTTE. ELEV AND LAT-LO NG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM PIT AND BACK OF ADIT CONTAINED 0.01% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Alkalic Volcanic Rock > Phonolite
    Rock unit name Silicic Stocks, Sole Injection, Plugs, And Dikes
    Rock description Silicic Stocks, Sole Injection, Plugs, And Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.0625, 37.8628
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Greenhorn Anticline, Unnamed Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS; 20-FT ADIT DRIVEN GENERALLY SE

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 09-MAY-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 29-APR-2008 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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