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Silver Plume Claim

Occurrence in Saguache 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. 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 10013025
MRDS ID D009086
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Plume Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.61117, 38.15779 (WGS84)
Elevation 2975
Relative position 31.5 MILES S 33 E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(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 045N 003E 14 SE OF SE OF NW OF SW OF SW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6 MILE SW OF COCHETOPA PASS JUST SOUTH OF ROAD AND ALONG ARCHULETA CREEK IN UNSURVEYED SECTION. ADJOINS UNION BELL CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXACT METALS UNVERIFIED BUT THOSE CITED ARE GENERAL OCCURRENCES FOR DISTRICT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Conejos Quartz Latite;Piedra Rhyolite
    Rock description Conejos Quartz Latite;Piedra Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Conejos Quartz Latite;Piedra Rhyolite
    Rock description Conejos Quartz Latite;Piedra Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Dome; Unnamed Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Discoverer Silver Plume Mining And Milling Co.

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIENTATION OF CLAIM SUGGESTS POSSIBLE RADIAL FRACTURE ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCONCENTRIC FAULT AROUND COCHETOPA DOME, BUT THIS IS UNVERIFIED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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