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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101753
MRDS ID D008272
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.34949, 38.19279 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 13.3 MILES N 58 W FROM SAGUACHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saguache(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046N 006E 31 N2 OF SW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG JACKS CREEK 3.1 MILES FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SAGUACHE CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Conejos Formation
    Rock description Conejos Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Conejos Formation
    Rock description Conejos Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.34949, 38.19279
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, Bonanza Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Jacks Creek Volcanic Center, Jacks Cr. Lineament

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusives Along Intersecting Pre-Volcanic Structures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jacks Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRUNS, D.L., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE MOUNTAIN NE QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1367

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACHYTE DIKES STRIKE NE ALONG PROBABLE PRE-VOLCANIC FAULT AND INTERSECT PRE-VOLCANIC JACKS CR. LINEAMENT NEAR MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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