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Howard Prospect

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Silica
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017716
MRDS ID DC04091
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Prospect
Related records 10256184

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.82559, 38.4514 (WGS84)
Elevation 2193
Relative position SW 1/4, 1.5 MI. FROM MOUTH OF SAND GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 10E 36 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Location is very generalized and does not appear to correspond with local geology. Hanley and others (1950) describe the pegmatites as being "1.5 mi up Sand Gulch from its mouth".

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.82559, 38.4514
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 6 PEGS, 8-25 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cotopaxi pegmatite region

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Howard
    Home office Howard, Co.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-JUN-2004 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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