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Brush Creek Group

Prospect in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Uranium, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166405
MRDS ID DC00698
MAS/MILS ID 0080510034
Record type Site
Current site name Brush Creek Group
Related records 10091052

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.83702, 38.92079 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013 S 085 W 13 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.83702, 38.92079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N73W
    Dip 17N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N73W:17N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4933, DATED 1958. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CL THEN CONTROLLED BY BRUSH CREEK MINING COMPANY, COLORADO. INC IN THE REPORT IS A LOCATION MAP. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 13, AND 24, T. 13 S., R. 85 W., 6TH P.M. THE DMEA REPORT DENIED ASSISTANCE FOR EXPLORATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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