Unnamed Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Fremont 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094558
MRDS ID D009341
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.51864, 38.57723 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600
Relative position 10.0 MILES N 47 W OF PARKDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hall Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017S 073W 11 CENTER OF SE OF SW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SMALL HILL ABOUT 1 MILE NE OF TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL AND THORN RANCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.51864, 38.57723

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone, Near Large N-Trending Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAPIN, C.E., 1965, GEOLOGIC AND PETROLOGIC FEATURES OF THE THIRTY NINE MILE VOLCANIC FIELD, CENTRAL COLORADO: GOLDEN, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES D.SC. THESIS, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Collins, Donna B. 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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