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South Fremont County Prospects

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094580
MRDS ID D009600
Record type Site
Current site name South Fremont County Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.33918, 38.27195 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 12.7 MILES S 27 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020S 071W 32 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • TRAVEL 21 MILES S OF CANON CITY ON OAK CREEK GRADE, THEN TURN WEST ON UNIMPROVED DIRT ROAD FOR 2.5 MILES TO VICINITY OF CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE OCCURS IN LARGE CRYSTALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Hematite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization, Chloritization

Analytical data

Result 0.1 TO 0.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.06 TO 0.13% CU, 0.01 TO 0.06% ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 175
USGS model code 26c
Deposit model name Barite-fluorite veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Syenite Complex At Democrat Creek;Granodiorite
    Rock description Syenite Complex At Democrat Creek;Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.33918, 38.27195
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation And Most Shears Strike N 35 E; In One Pit A Cross Shear Strikes N 60 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Grape Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 17.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, SHAFT; SHAFT IS 3 FT X 6 FT X 56 FT DEEP; PIT 1 IS CIRCULAR, 8 FT IN DIAMETER, 5 FT DEEP; PIT 2 IS CIRCULAR, 3 FT DIAMETER, 1 FT DEEP; PIT 3 IS 18 FT DIAMETER, 10 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 101-103

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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