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Reed Claim

Prospect in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012944
MRDS ID D008972
Record type Site
Current site name Reed Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69752, 38.01473 (WGS84)
Elevation 2566
Relative position 1.3 MILES DUE NORTH OF CRESTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rito Alto Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(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)

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 044N 012E 31 S2 OF S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MOUTH OF NORTH CRESTONE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.69752, 38.01473
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name high angle fractures associated with thrust fault
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blance Massif, Rio Grande Rift

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Crestone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Triple T Mining Co.
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-1022

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20529

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS LIE IN SHEAR ZONES AND IRREGULAR FRACTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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