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Four Claim Group

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013092
MRDS ID D009190
Record type Site
Current site name Four Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.51169, 38.62722 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8.5 MILES S 4 E FROM GUFFEY, Center Of Line Between Sections, Center Of Line Between Sections

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 073W 25 SW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE SMITH GULCH ABOUT 4 MILES FROM CURRANT CREEK, ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF THE TALLAHASSEE (COUNTY) ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1981 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS; FLUORESCES, YELLOW OR BLUE-WHITE;

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Clinozoisite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Grossularite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Thulite Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bulldozer Cuts Exposed Altered Material

Analytical data

Result 0.08-0.5% MN, 75-350 PPM BA, 15-75 PPM LI, 20-100 PPM MO, 100-500 PPM NI, 500-2500 PPM SR, 500-2500 PPM ZR

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 271
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.51169, 38.62722
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range; Thirty One Mile And Antelope Mountain Volcanic Centers
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault And Related Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip STEEPLY WESTWARD
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Guffey, Currant Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kellogg And Green
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCAL BEDDING DIPS STEEPLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 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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