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Garfield Claim

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012945
MRDS ID D008975
Record type Site
Current site name Garfield Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.67002, 37.99362 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES DUE EAST OF CRESTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crestone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 012E 08 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MOUTH OF SOUTH CRESTONE CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Schist
    Rock description Metasedimentary Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.67002, 37.99362
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Branch Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Crestone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hugo Heukaufer, Et. Al.
    First year 1901

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPTS, 1900, 1901

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 15032

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS LIE IN SHEAR ZONES AND IRREGULAR FRACTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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