Poncha Pass Claim

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094629
MRDS ID D010245
Record type Site
Current site name Poncha Pass Claim
Alternate or previous names Lucky Nos. 1, 3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.1031, 38.43944 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5.3 MILES S 15 W OF PONCHA SPRINGS MAIN INTERSECTION, Within 1 Mile Of Poncha Pass

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(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)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 008E 05 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; PROSPECTS ALSO IN SECTIONS 4, 8, 9, SO LOCATION SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN; ABOUT 1500 FT FROM VENTURE NO. 2 PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MONTROSE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.17% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses
    Rock description Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.1031, 38.43944

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Skarn Zone; Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • Strike N 90 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein, Skarn Zone; Breccia Coatings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poncha Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. L. Johnson
    Home office 1404 Hudson St. 'Denver, Co.
    First year 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT SURFACE CUT, SHAFT?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 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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