Blake District

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Iron, Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000325
MRDS ID D008965
Record type District
Current site name Blake District
Related records 10012938

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.78805, 38.13172 (WGS84)
Relative position ON WEST FLANK OF SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE, ALSO INCLUDES PARTS OF MIRAGE, ELECTRIC PEAK, AND RITO ALTO PEAK QUADS (SCALE 1:24000). LAT-LONG GIVEN IS MOUTH OF COTTON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pueblo(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beulah NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.78805, 38.13172

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description SANGRE DE CRISTO FAULT, GIBSON PEAK SYNCLINE
Type of structure Regional
Structure description SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE, RIO GRANDE RIFT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name BLAKE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-1022.

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 191

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MGR. AND INSPECTORS REPTS.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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