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Black Cat Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. 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 10101787
MRDS ID D009248
Record type Site
Current site name Black Cat Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Grand Aspen, Black Cat, Protection
Related records 10119283

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.77284, 38.39083 (WGS84)
Elevation 2588
Relative position 13.5 MILES S 37 E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 002E 29 SE OF NW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE WEST OF COCHETOPA CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • MILS ENTRY LISTS PB AND ZN BUT THESE OCCURRENCES ARE UNVERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Quartz Vein;Metarhyolite And Aplite Dikes
    Rock description Quartz Vein;Metarhyolite And Aplite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.77284, 38.39083
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Dome; Razor Creek Dome; Los Ochos Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Rawson Crocker

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECTS AND SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 18249

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LIES ON QUARTZ VEIN THAT STRIKES NORTH-SOUTH AND DIPS 80W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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