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Unnamed Vanadium Occurrence

Prospect in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodity Vanadium
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087877
MRDS ID D010575
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Vanadium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.35557, 37.65808 (WGS84)
Elevation 2981
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 13.4 MILES S53W FROM GARDNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Wing(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027S 071W 29,30,31 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ORIGINAL LOCATION GIVEN AS 8 MILES SW FROM RED WING. ON TOPO MAP L OCATION IS 6.4 MILES SW OF RED WING. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C OMMON SECTION CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite;Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite;Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.35557, 37.65808
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Wing Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.

  • Deposit

    CONSERV. DIV. COMP. DATA 4,63 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, REEL 1-25, DOC. 7717 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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