Guffey District, Southeast

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Thorium, Zinc, Gold, REE, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000018
MRDS ID D001083
Record type District
Current site name Guffey District, Southeast

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.50058, 38.7167 (WGS84)
Relative position THIS IS A DISTRICT RECORD, AND LOCATIONS GIVEN ARE FOR THE GENERAL AREA OF THE DISTRICT; POSSIBLY ADDTL SECTIONS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Thorium Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
REE Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) GENERALLY HIGHLY ALTERED

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.50058, 38.7167

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description CURRANT CREEK FAULT ZONE AND RELATED NW-TRENDING FAULTS
Type of structure Regional
Structure description COLORADO FRONT RANGE, THIRTYONE MILE MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC CENTER, ANTELOPE MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC CENTER, GUFFEY VOLCANIC CENTER

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name GUFFEY DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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