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Florence Group

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013529
MRDS ID D009879
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.59919, 38.44307 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.2 MILES N 27 W OF TEXAS CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo(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 018S 073W 31 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; NEAR TEXAS CREEK (STREAM), SOUTH OF BULL RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.59919, 38.44307
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Texas Creek Fault And Adjoining Ne-Trending Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Texas Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, PART III: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 474.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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