Jack of Diamonds Prospect

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013099
MRDS ID D009199
Record type Site
Current site name Jack of Diamonds Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.43336, 38.38223 (WGS84)
Elevation 2371
Relative position 10.2 MILES S 70 W FROM CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McIntyre Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019S 072W 21 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (UNSURVEYED); NEAR HEAD OF SUNSET CITY GULCH, TRIBUTARY TO COPPER GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.43336, 38.38223

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne-Trending, Nw-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nne-Trending Fault; Nw-Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mining district

District name Mcintyre Hills Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINOR EXPLORATORY WORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSURES ARE POOR
Deposit Discovery Year: 1960'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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