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Wild Goose Mine

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010901
MRDS ID D004981
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Goose Mine
Related records 10117317

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.20363, 38.09001 (WGS84)
Elevation 2986
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(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 22S 70W 34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR NORTH DEADMAN GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1963)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 27
USGS model code 11
Deposit model name Alkaline complexes

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.20363, 38.09001
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains Area

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Gabbro Bodies

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1947

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area, Hardscrabble Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473, COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE.AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870, 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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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