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Unnamed Silver Occurrence

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Molybdenum, Tin
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090050
MRDS ID D010566
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Silver Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.37836, 39.17278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 9.7 MILES S57W FROM DECKERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCurdy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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)

Lost Creek Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010S 071W 17 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG GOOSE CREEK AND HANKINS GULCH JUST ABOVE THEIR CONFLUENCE. E LEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX SITE OF SAMPLE ON HANKINS GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result ELLIS' ANALYSIS OF PANNED CONCENTRATE FROM GOOSE CREEK CONTAINED 0 .4 OZ/TON AG AND 0.002% MO. PANNED CONCENTRATE FROM HANKINS GULCH CONT AINED 1.8 OZ/TON AG AND 0.05% SN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Redskin Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Tarryall Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELLIS, C.E., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE LOST CREEK WILDERNE SS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 61-83.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUA DRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 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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