| Deposit ID | 10094665 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010890 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Prospects |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.71064, 37.71529 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3444 |
| Relative position | 6.8 MILES S 21 W FROM SILVERTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Snowdon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas(hydrologic unit)
Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Juan(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
San Juan National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 040N | 008W | 23 | SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | DUMP SAMPLE OF FE-STAINED LIMESTONE WITH CU CARBONATES FROM NE ADIT CONTAINED 2.45% CU, 1.10% PB, 0.3 OZ/TON AG. CHIP SAMPLES OF FE-STAINED QUARTZITE FROM CENTER ADIT CONTAINED 0.2 TO 0.3 OZ/TON AG. CHIP SAMPLE OF LIMESTONE WITH CU CARBONATES FROM SW PROSPECT PIT CONTAINED 0.06% CU AND 0.05% PB. VEINLETS ALSO SHOW UP TO 10.3% BARITE. |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ouray Limestone;Leadville Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Ouray Limestone;Leadville Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.71064, 37.71529 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Uplift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Needle Mtns Uplift, Unnamed Fault |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Snowdon Peak Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | San Juan N. F. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010890 |
SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P.8-9, 20-21.
CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 131.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ON NW SIDE OF UPLIFT, WNW-TRENDING QUARTZITES AND SLATES OF PRECAMBRIAN UNCOMPAHGRE FM LIE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH DEVONIAN AND MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONES AND WITH PENNSYLVANIAN CLASTICS. PRINCIPAL FAULT TRENDS GENERALLY NE, DOWNDROPPED ON NW. BARITE AND CALCITE GANGUE AND METALS OCCUR IN VEINLETS IN OPEN SPACES WITHIN FAULT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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