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Pocahontas Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010877
MRDS ID D004924
Record type Site
Current site name Pocahontas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.28946, 38.10473 (WGS84)
Elevation 2712
Relative position EAST OF DRY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 21S 71W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Thorite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 30
USGS model code 11d
Deposit model name Thorium-rare-earth veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.28946, 38.10473
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Shear Zones, Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Shear Zones
  • NW trending fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS

  • Deposit

    BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GO-596, 1:24,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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