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Good News No. 1 Property

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. 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. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013368
MRDS ID D009623
Record type Site
Current site name Good News No. 1 Property
Alternate or previous names Goat Park, Good News Complex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39474, 38.40501 (WGS84)
Elevation 2249
Relative position 8.8 MILES S 75 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

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 12 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 4 MILES TO GOAT PARK DRAINAGE. COMPLEX IS 2 MILES SW FROM MOUTH OF DRAINAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) kaolinite

Analytical data

Result CU (0.05-3.4 %), AG (0.1-2.3 OZ/TON),

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 > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
  • 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

(1) -105.39474, 38.40501
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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 Shear Zone; Near Intersection Of Ne- And Nw- Trending Faults; Ilse Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • shear zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1971

Mining district

District name Greenhorn District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry E. Coppin
    Home office Wheatridge, Co.
    First year 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.981HA
    Length 40.84M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 170.69M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TRENCHES, 2 SHAFTS, 1 ADIT. SHAFT 1 IS 27 FT DEEP WITH "VARIOUS WORKINGS". SHAFT 2 INCLINED 60 DEGREE, 46 FT DEEP. TRENCH 1 6 FT X 14 FT BEARING N 55 W. TRENCH 2 IS 6 FT X 13 FT BEARING N 69 W. TRENCH 3 IS 4 FT X 12 FT BEARING N 47 W. ADIT BEARS N 29 W FOR 13 FT THEN N 79 W FOR 9 FT.

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. 35-38

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS SPOTTY, ONLY LOCALLY RICH, AND INDICATES EVIDENCE OF SECONDARY ENRICHMENT

Reporter information

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

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