Saddle Claim

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097867
MRDS ID D010243
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.95809, 38.50333 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 2.7 MILES S 48 E OF SALIDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 049N 009E 15 N2 OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 MILES BELOW SALIDA ON SW OF ARKANSAS RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUMPS ASSAY 0.4% WO3
Result VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.17% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Dry Union Fm

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike NE TO EAST
    Dip MODERATE TO STEEP
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salida Area/Cleora District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin Kenick Et Al.
    First year 1956

Comments on the production information

  • W ORE WAS MINED, BUT NONE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1956
    Total resources 22000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.4 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1956

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THESE RESERVES ARE IN THE DUMPS

Comments on the workings information

  • 11 SHALLOW PITS; DUMPS CONTAIN 40-50 TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 50-FT FRACTURE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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