Charlene No. 1 Claim

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013101
MRDS ID D009201
Record type Site
Current site name Charlene No. 1 Claim
Alternate or previous names Charlene Nos 2
Related records 10190378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.54169, 38.67944 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5.1 MILES S 11 W 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)

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 016S 073W 3,10 NW (10) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF COTTONWOOD CREEK; A 4.1 MILE ACCESS ROAD CONNECTS MINE WITH STATE HWY 9; ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF FREMONT-PARK COUNTY LINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1981 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, FLAKES, GRAINS, THIN COATINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Middle Tertiary intrusive rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range; Thirtyone Mile Mountain And Antelope Mounmtain Volcaniccenter
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault And Related Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
    Length 457.2M
    Width 3.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
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 George E. West, Et Al. , Guffey Co
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 20.73M
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 10.67M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUT, ADIT 33 FT LONG, BULLDOZER PIT

Reference information

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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