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Victor

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400251
Record type Site
Current site name Victor

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.82694, 38.25056 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coaldale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47
Model code 141
Deposit model name Karst-hosted Fe, Al, Pb-Zn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock type qualifier north trending rhyolite dike

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.82694, 38.25056
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name north trending tight folds in limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Orient-Steele Canyon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ellis C.E., Hanningan, B.J., and Thompson, J.R., 1983, Mineral investigatsion of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area...: U.S. Bureau of Mines MLA 65-83, p. 11-13.

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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