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Home District

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, REE
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094636
MRDS ID D010402
Record type District
Current site name Home District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69088, 40.69637 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position 23.5 MILES N 22 W FROM ESTES PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinikinik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008N;009N 074W;074W 03,04;33,34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • DISTRICT LIES ALONG CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER AND LOCAL UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES NEAR HOME (SITE) AND IS ACCESSIBLE BY HIGHWAY 14 UP POUDRE CANYON. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR HOME SITE IN S2 S2 SEC. 33, T9N, R74W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result USGS/USBM SAMPLE FROM PROSPECT CONTAINED TRACE AU, AG, ZN, AND 0.011 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist And Gneiss And Hornblende Gneiss;Granitic Gneiss
    Rock description Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist And Gneiss And Hornblende Gneiss;Granitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.69088, 40.69637
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poudre River Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Home District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY SHORT ADITS AND SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • AREA HAS BEEN EXPLORED BUT APPARENTLY NO COMMERCIAL BASE AND PRECIOUS METALS WERE DISCOVERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 286-287.

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COMANCHE-BIG SOUTH, NEOTA-FLAT TOP, AND NEVER SUMMER WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS OFR 81-578, P. 26-27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE INDIVIDUAL RECORD PREPARED FOR UNNAMED PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE BUT LOVERING AND GODDARD BELIEVED MINERALIZATION TO BE PYRITIC CU TYPE WITH INTENSE WALLROCK ALTERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 16-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Changed record type from site to district.

Beyond USGS

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

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