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Prospect in Alamosa county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400266
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.51631, 37.69434 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamosa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zapata Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(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)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Alamosa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.51631, 37.69434
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • General

    Ellis and others, 1983, Mineral Invesitgationsof Sangre de Cristo Wilderness study area, USBS Open File Report MLA 65-83

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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