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Homestake

Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108372
MRDS ID DC05134
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.91726, 38.58333 (WGS84)
Elevation 2620
Relative position IN RAILROAD GULCH. 2 MI. N. OF ROAD JUNCTION OF COUNTY ROADS 190 AND 31

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 51N 09E 34 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Minturn and Belden Fms
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ZONED PEGMATITE: 6 FT OUTER ZONE OF QTZ - ALBITE - MUSCOVITE - MICROCLINE AND A LARGE CORE CONTAINING LARGELY ALBITE WITH ACCESSORY QTZ, APATITE, AND POSSIBLY OTHER MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years TO DEC. 31, 1958.

Mining district

District name Turret

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M And S, Inc.
    Home office Denver, Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ALBITE. RATE: 25,000 TONS/YR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM FILE

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2

  • Deposit

    HANLEY AND OTHERS, 1950, USGS P.P. 227

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

  • Deposit

    5) COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISED OF 3 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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