| Deposit ID | 60000384 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011165 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Goose Creek District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.17893, 38.3506 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | DISTRICT EXTENDS FROM LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER EAST TO WILLOW CREEK AND LIES AT WEST END OF GUNNISON GOLD BELT WEST OF DOMINGO AND WILLOW CREEK DISTRICTS AND NORTH AND NW OF WHITE EARTH DISTRICT. DISTRICT CUTS TRANSVERSELY ACROSS GOOSE CREEK, CEBOLLA CREEK, WILDCAT GULCH, AND WOLF CREEK. PROMINENT LANDMARKS INCLUDE TOLVAR PEAK, NINEMILE HILL, AND CAPENTER RIDGE. DISTRICT EXTENDS ONTO POWDERHORN (1962) QUAD TO EAST. DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE VIA COLORADO RTE 149 SOUTH FROM US 50 AND BLUE MESA RESERVOIR AND NORTH FROM LAKE CITY AND GATVIEW; VIA ROAD TO GATEVIEW AND RTE 149 SOUTH FROM US 50 AND BLUE MESA RESERVOIR; VIA ROAD DOWN (NORTH) CEBOLLA CREEK TO POWDERHORN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR OLD TOWNSITE OF DUBOIS ON GOOSE CREEK IN SW NW SE SEC. 02, T47N, R3W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST : (1976) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gunnison(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gateview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Gunnison |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| (1) | -107.17893, 38.3506 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | GUNISON GOLD BELT, IRON HILL ALKALIC COMPLEX, TOLVAR PEAK STOCK, CIMARRON FAULT |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | GUNNISON UPLIFT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1934 |
| District name | GOOSE CREEK DISTRICT |
|---|
DROBEC, P.A., 1981, PROTEROZOIC SYNGENETIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., ED., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 279-286.
NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18.
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.
OLSON, J.C. AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GINNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.
OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
BLM MINERAL SURVEYS
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