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Calico Peak

Prospect in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodities Aluminum, Molybdenum, Potassium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
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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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166903
MRDS ID D010903
MAS/MILS ID 0080330007
Record type Site
Current site name Calico Peak
Related records 10087920

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.09005, 37.71111 (WGS84)
Elevation 3665
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Dolores

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 040 N 011 W 20 W2SESE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.09005, 37.71111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 150M
    Length 530M
    Width 408M
    Area 62HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00S:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 62
    Date of Last Modification 801119

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Rico

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peaker, D. H. And A. J.
    Interest 100
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 6.0 MILLION ST ORE NO GRADE ENTERED IN DATA TABLE. SEE BIBLIO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 22HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .67
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 35
    Capacity 9072
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .85
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THEONEN, J.R., ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, USBM

  • Reserve-Resource

    R.I. 356L, 1941, 48 PP. QUOTED BY J.C. RATTE IN USGS REPORT

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO, 1964, P. 155.

  • Deposit

    MUCH OF THE DATA IS FROM REPORT "EVALUATION OF THE ALUNITE

  • Deposit

    OF CALICO PEAK, DOLORES CO. COLO" FOR COLORADO CENTRAL MINES

  • Deposit

    BY W.S. CALKIN, EARTH SCIENCES, INC.,OCT. 21, 1970. CONFIDEN

  • Deposit

    REF. SERNA-ISAZA,1971, GEOLOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY OF CALICO PEAK

  • Deposit

    DOLORES CO. COLO.; COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES MASTERS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    NEUBERT, J.T., 1992, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF SAN JUAN NATIONAL

  • Deposit

    FOREST, CO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT

  • Deposit

    OPEN-FILE REPORT 2-92 (SAMPLES 93-123)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA ENTRY BY R.A. SALISBURY. REC. 080, COL. 23 ORE BODY SHAPE IS ASSUMED TO BE CONE SHAPE SURFACE MINING UNIT PROD. COST AND PLANT CAPITAL COST ARE AS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE N-G ALUNITE PROJECT OWNED BY EARTH SCIE IN BEAVER CO., UTAH. RECORD 160 ASSUME SHIPPING POINT IS RICO, COLO. RECORD 160 ASSUME DESTINATION OF CONCENTRATE IS THE DALLES, ESTIMATED 8 YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BRING DEPOSIT TO PROD DUE TO THE LOWER GRADE NATURE OF THIS DEPOSIT, IT IS SUGGEST THIS DEPOSIT IS NOT LIKELY TO BECOME ACTIVE IN THE NEAR FUTU GRADES ARE IN TERMS OF AL203 (ALUMINA). RECORD 130 ACQUISITION NOT INCLUDED. ASSUME $0.14 PER TO ASSUME COST DATA GOOD TO MAY 30, 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-1996 Salisbury U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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