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Sunbeam Claim

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012947
MRDS ID D008977
Record type Site
Current site name Sunbeam Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.65641, 37.99057 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.6 MILES S80E OF CRESTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crestone(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)

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 043N 012E 08 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MOUTH OF SOUTH CRESTONE CREEK. LAT-LONG IS CENTER SE/4 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Schist
    Rock description Metasedimentary Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.65641, 37.99057
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name thust faults along western flank of Sangre de Cristo Range
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Branch Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Discoverer Lewis Seal

Mining district

District name Crestone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • USGS (1938) CITES SMALL AMOUNT OF AU AMALGAM PRODUCED FROM 3 TONS OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY 1945

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1938

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 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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