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Merideth Claim

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094519
MRDS ID D008948
Record type Site
Current site name Merideth Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.02531, 38.43223 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 7 MILES ENE TO ESE OF PONCHA PASS, Within 2 Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poncha Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N;048N 008E;009E 01,12;07,17,18 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS VERY UNCERTAIN. WORCESTER DESCRIBES PROPERTY AS LYING 7 MILES NE OF ALDER VIA GOOD WAGON ROAD AND POOR TRAIL. BASED ON MOST LIKELY ROUTES AND INDICATED EL. OF 10200 FT, SEVERAL PROJECTED SECTIONS ARE INCLUDED. CLAIM COULD ALSO LIE IN SECS 21 OR 28, T48N, R9E ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses
    Rock description Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.02531, 38.43223
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poncha Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Merideth, William
    First year 1919

Comments on the workings information

  • 10-FT SHAFT, 25-FT CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: COLO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 14, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MF-761

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS SPARINGLY IN QUARTZ VEIN THAT STRIKES N60E AND CUTS QUARTZ MICA SCHIST AND BIOTITE GRANITE COUNTRY ROCKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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