| Deposit ID | 60000372 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010630 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Decatur Ne District |
| Alternate or previous names | Jasper District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.4625, 37.41782 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | CLAIMS LIE ALONG UPPER BURNT CREEK 1.5 TO 2 MILES NORTH OF JASPER, ALONG JASPER CREEK 1.5 MILES NW OF JASPER, AND ON NE SLOPE OF CORNWALLS NOSE SOUTH OF ALAMOSA RIVER 0.5 TO ONE MILE SW OF JASPER. DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD UP ALAMOSA RIVER WEST FROM CAPULIN OR EAST FROM SUMMITVILLE AND PLATORO, AND BY TRAIL OVER BLOWOUT PASS AND DOWN SPRING CREEK SOUTH FROM DEL NORTE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR JASPER TOWNSITE (SE SW SEC. 29, T37N, R5E). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rio Grande(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jasper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(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
Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Rio Grande |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Asbestos | Tertiary |
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| (1) | -106.4625, 37.41782 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | PLATORO CALDERA, SUMMITVILLE CALDERA, CORNWALL FAULT, CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT, CORNWALL BLOCK, JASPER STOCK |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Discoverer | Andrew Johnson And Alva Adams |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| Year of last production | 1939 |
| District name | DECATUR NE DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | JASPER DISTRICT |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | ERNEST MONCRIEFF |
| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | BALLANTYNE AND HOOK |
| Home office | JASPER |
| Year | 1944 |
PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHESATERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1976 CALDERAS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 958.
BIRD, W.H., 1972, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: MTN. GEOLOGIST, V. 9, NO. 4, P. 379-387.
WOOLF, J.H., 1914, GEOLOGY OF THE JASPER DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-467.
LIPMAN, P.W., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1970, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLATORO CALDERA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 700-C, P. C19-C29.
RATTE, J.C., 1968, ALUNITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO: US GPO, P. 155-157.
SANFORD, SAMUEL, AND STONE, R.W., 1914, USEFUL MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 585, P. 39.
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