| Deposit ID | 10118450 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080570195 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Caprock deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Cap Rock, Cap-Rock Mine, North Park |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.48238, 40.97292 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2632 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | On Independence Mountain, about 3-1/2 miles ESE of Pearl, in the NW corner of sec. 34, T 12 N, R 81 W. Location given by Sheridan, and others, (USGS Map I-1971). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jackson(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Independence Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Jackson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Model code | 271 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming |
| Model code | 208 |
| USGS model code | 31a |
| Deposit model name | Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
| Mark3 model number | 13 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| Rock type qualifier | garnet-sillimanite-gahnite- and biotite- | ||
| |||
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.48238, 40.97292 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| District name | Pearl District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Caprock Corp. |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1992 |
| Type | In-situ |
|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1991 |
| Total endowment | 1100000mt |
| Remarks | Minerals Yearbook, 1991 - 783kt at 7% Zn+Cu and 328kt at 12.3% Zn+Cu+Pb+Ag. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080570195 |
REF:7.5 QUAD MAP;U.S. FOR SER MAP; CO BU. OF MINES RPT 1956
OP: HAROLD ROSENFELD, 1956.
Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000.
Neubert, J. T., 1994, Mineral appraisal of Routt National Forest, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 13-94, 64 p., appendicies.
Metals Economics Group website, North Park project, as of 7/13/2010.
http://services.metalseconomics.com/minesearch/Default.aspx#profile&projAid=91829
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Workings consist of three trenches |
| General | Long's list of Significant Deposits OFR-98-206. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 28-JUN-93 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 27-APR-06 | Beach, Richard A. | Colorado Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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