Goodman Prospect

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012928
MRDS ID D008950
Record type Site
Current site name Goodman Prospect
Related records 10216465

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.44449, 37.81195 (WGS84)
Elevation 2874
Relative position 10 MILES N 27 W OF DEL NORTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(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)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 041N 005E 08 SW OF SE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF OLD WOMAN CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite And Rhyodacite Flows Of Summer Coon Volcanic Center
    Rock description Andesite And Rhyodacite Flows Of Summer Coon Volcanic Center
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite And Rhyodacite Flows Of Summer Coon Volcanic Center
    Rock description Andesite And Rhyodacite Flows Of Summer Coon Volcanic Center

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.44449, 37.81195

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Summer Coon Volcanic Center

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summer Coon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEL NORTE AREA, EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS I-952

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN ANDESITE AND RHYODACITE FLOWS. DEPOSIT TYPE UNKNOWN BUT COULD BE CAVITY FILLING, BRECCIA CEMENT, OR VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 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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