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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. 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 10094521
MRDS ID D008958
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects
Alternate or previous names Carrie, Hawkins, Cable, Dubois, Desmet, Marquett, Long, Worth, Little Johnny, Clara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.06448, 38.36723 (WGS84)
Elevation 2792
Relative position 19.5 MILES N 7 E OF SAGUACHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whale Hill(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 008E 34,35 SE (34); SW (35) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG ALDER CR. 1.1 MILES WSW OF ALDER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bonanza Tuff;Rawley Andesite
    Rock description Bonanza Tuff;Rawley Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bonanza Tuff;Rawley Andesite
    Rock description Bonanza Tuff;Rawley Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.06448, 38.36723
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bonanza Caldera, Small Unnamed Normal Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer B.H. Du Bois And C.A. Hawkins

Mining district

District name Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY 4585

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MAYHEW, J.D., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE BONANZA VOLCANIC FIELD, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1226

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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