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Red Mountain Prospect

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097857
MRDS ID D009618
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain Prospect
Alternate or previous names Shamrock Claims, Mowe, Hollister and Drake Operation Claims: Mary Jean, Lucky Strike

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.46641, 38.29084 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position 16.1 MILES S 52 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

Iron Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020S 072W 19,30 S2 OF SW OF SE OF SE (19); N2 OF NW OF NE OF NE (30) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FROM PARKDALE 18 MILES ON COPPER GULCH ROAD, THEN EAST ONE MILE ON A JEEP TRAIL; THE SHAMROCK CLAIMS AND MOWE, HOLLISTER AND DRAKE WORKINGS ARE IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY. IF THEY ARE NOT THE SAME WORKINGS AS THE RED MOUNTAIN PROSPECT, THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RANDOM GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinzation

Analytical data

Result 0.2 OZ/TON AG FROM GRAB SAMPLE
Result ASSAY FROM MOWE ET AL CLAIMS $2 TO $ 72/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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 > Granite
    Rock unit name Mcclure Mountain Complex;Granodiorite
    Rock description Mcclure Mountain Complex;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) -105.46641, 38.29084
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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 Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1933

Mining district

District name Copper Gulch Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 2000 TONS OF LOW-GRADE AU, AG ORE REPORTEDLY SHIPPED IN 1933 FROM SHAMROCK CLAIMS; MINE IN THIS AREA REPORTEDLY PRODUCED MOLYBDENUM ORE WITH GRADES OF 3-30 % MOS2 FROM A 6-FT VEIN IN A 47 FT SHAFT (COLO. DIV. MINES)

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SMALL PITS RANGING FROM 10 TO 20 FT DIAMETER, 6 FT DEEP; SHAFT 12 FT DEEP (SHAMROCK CLAIM); 40 FT SHAFT (MOWE ET AL WORKINGS)

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. 118-119

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES INSPECTION RECORDS, 1938

Reporter information

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

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