Hub Hall Claim

Occurrence in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011664
MRDS ID D006735
Record type Site
Current site name Hub Hall Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.29196, 37.57474 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 1.4 MILES N 10 W OF RUSSELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costilla(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Costilla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S 071W 35 E2 OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALTHOUGH DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS IN UNSURVEYED PRIVATE LAND GRANT, SECTIONS REPORTED ARE BASED ON PATTON AND OTHERS (1910) MAP RATHER THAN PROJECTIONS FROM ADJACENT QUADS. LAT-LONG AND ELEVATIONS DETERMINED FROM TOPO QUAD. CLAIMS LIE NEAR TOP OF HILL NORTHEAST OF BRONCO DAN GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Felsite Or Felsophyre
    Rock description Felsite Or Felsophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss And Mica Schist
    Rock description Gneiss And Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.29196, 37.57474

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grayback (Russell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trinchera (Estate)
    First year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLIGHT MINERALIZATION REPORTED ALONG CONTACTS BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS AND TERTIARY FELSITE INTRUSIONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. 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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