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Unidentified Mine

Occurrence in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013031
MRDS ID D009105
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.11973, 38.12612 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 8.0 MILES S 14 W OF WETMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wetmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022S 069W 21 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEARLY ON ROAD ON NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH HARD SCRABBLE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WETMORE QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-548, 1:24,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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