| Deposit ID | 10090902 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008937 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Cu-Pb-Ag Occurrence |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.31699, 37.9389 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2725 |
| Relative position | 17.8 MILES N 7 E OF DEL NORTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Saguache(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lime Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Saguache(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Saguache |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 043N | 006E | 28 | SW OF SW OF SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Result | OSTERWALD'S SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSES OF ROCK SAMPLES SHOWED FOLLOWING ANOMALOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF PB, ZN, CU, AG, AND/OR MO: 500 TO 5000 PPM CU, 1500 TO 2999 PPM PB, 250 TO 999 PPM AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Rhyodacite Of Conejos Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Hornblende Rhyodacite Of Conejos Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite |
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Rhyodacite Of Conejos Formation |
| Rock description | Hornblende Rhyodacite Of Conejos Formation |
| (1) | -106.31699, 37.9389 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Biedell-Klondike Fault, Esperanza Fault Zone, Biedell Stock |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Crystal Hill District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008937 |
OSTERWALD, E.J., 1977, THE BIEDELL AND SANDERSON VOLCANIC CENTERS, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 145 P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN ARGILLIZED RHYODACITE WEST OF NE-TRENDING NORMAL FAULT PARALLEL TO BUT ANTITHETIC (DOWNDROPPED TO NW) TO BIEDELL-KLONDIKE FAULT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.