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King Turquoise

Past Producer in Conejos county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214642
MAS/MILS ID 0080210020
Record type Site
Current site name King Turquoise

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.76088, 37.17443 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Conejos(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manassa NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Conejos

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) advanced argillic- quartz alunite kaolinite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock type qualifier pyroxene andesite stock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock type qualifier quartz latite tuff

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.76088, 37.17443
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    Bartlett, R.D., 1984, M.S. thesis Colorado State University

  • Deposit

    REF:CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1973

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB DC02717

  • Deposit

    OWN:OP KING TURQUOISE MINES, BOX 366, MANASSA 1973

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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