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Verde Creek Deposit

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Antimony, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214316
MAS/MILS ID 0080270135
Record type Site
Current site name Verde Creek Deposit
Alternate or previous names Strip Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.60138, 38.13281 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beckwith Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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 Custer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) propylitic (chlorite)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock
    Rock type qualifier Sangre de Cristo Formation
    Rock unit name Sangre de Cristo Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock type qualifier metasedimentary and metavolcanic gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Sangre de Cristo Fm
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • fractures related to range bounding thrust fault in hanging wall

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: USGS ELECTRIC PEAK QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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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