Blue Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094547
MRDS ID D009205
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35114, 38.94 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 2.8 MILES S 07E FROM LAKE GEORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake George(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013S 071W 08 NW OF NE (08); CENTER OF S2 (08) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • THE RIDGE BEGINS ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE GEORGE; THE RIDGE ITSELF IS 2.5 MILES LONG WITH MINERALIZATION ON NE SIDE NEAR BASE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY NOT OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE (HEINRICH, 1981)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cordierite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Migmatization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Quartz Monzonite Of Elevenmile Canyon
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Quartz Monzonite Of Elevenmile Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35114, 38.94

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pulver Gulch-Rocky Gulch Fault, Lake George Ring Dike Complex

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S (FOLIATION)
    Dip STEEP TO VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control, Possibly Fault Influence

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake George Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT

Comments on development

  • OTHER PROSPECTS ARE FOUND SOUTH OF THIS ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Cgs Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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