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Blanca Peak Mining Co. Claims

Prospect in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10011671
MRDS ID D006749
Record type Site
Current site name Blanca Peak Mining Co. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47835, 37.53419 (WGS84)
Elevation 3078
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 6 TO 7 MILES N 15 E FROM BLANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costilla(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanca Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Costilla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029S;029S 072W;073W 7,18;13 SE OF SW (07); NE (18); E2 OF W 2 (18); NE (13) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SANGRE DE CRISTO GRANT. SECTIONS PROJECTED FROM SURVEY LINES IN ALAMOSA CO. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS SOUTH QUARTER-CORNER OF SEC. 7 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TELLUROBISMUTHITE (CHARACTERISTIC OF DISTRICT) MAY BE PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Gneiss
    Rock description Granodiorite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.47835, 37.53419
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Ft. Garland Embayment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blanca District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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