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Titusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013362
MRDS ID D009607
Record type Site
Current site name Titusville and Westfall Gulch Prospects
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims: Arbor Claims No. 1-9, Grape Claims No. 2 1-19 1977

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.39696, 38.29695 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position site is one of many prospect pits along Westfall Gulch: 13.5 MILES S 39 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(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 020S 072W 25,26,27,28,34,35 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • FROM PARKDALE SOUTH ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 17 MILES TO FREMONT-CUSTER COUNTY LINE; THEN EAST 5 MILES ON GRAVEL AND DIRT ROAD TO TITUSVILLE GULCH AND VICINITY; GRAPE CLAIMS LIE PRIMARILY IN SECTION 25; ARBOR CLAIMS LOCATED IN SECTIONS 26,35. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result CU (0.01-1.1 %), AG (0.2-0.8 OZ/TON), 0.05 OZ/TON AU, ZN (0.01-0.05%)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 24
USGS model code 10
Deposit model name Carbonatite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Syenite Complex At Democrat Creek
    Rock description Syenite Complex At Democrat Creek
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.39696, 38.29695
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shears Aligned With Regional Strike; Nne-Trending Fault; Overturned Anticline

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

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 Westfall Gulch/Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Congdon And Carey Assoc.
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 12.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR PROSPECT GROUPS WITH PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS; PITS FROM 10-20 FT DIAMETER; LONGEST TRENCH 24 FT; ONE SHAFT 42 FT DEEP, ANOTHER 19 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 61-63

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

Reporter information

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

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