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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094653
MRDS ID D010538
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.98737, 40.86383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2710
Relative position 17.5 MILES N59E FROM WALDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glendevey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North 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)

Rawah Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 010N 077W 01 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN MCGUIRE CREEK AND BRITISH CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE SAMPLE FROM SHAFT DUMP CONTAINED 2.3% CU AND 0.55 OZ/TO N AG. PIT NEAR SHAFT CONTAINED 0.04% CU. SAMPLE FROM PIT IN SE SEC. 02 CONTAINED 0.12% CU AND 0.11 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Rawah Batholith;Diabase
    Rock description Rawah Batholith;Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Rawah Batholith
    Rock description Rawah Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.98737, 40.86383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Medicine Bow Uplift, Rawah Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shipman Park Fault, Unnamed Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shipman Park Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS; ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RAWAH WIL DERNESS, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS OFR 82-376

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS LIE IN RAWAH GRANITE AT INTERSECTION OF FAULT SYSTEMS T RENDING N57E AND N30 TO 42W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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