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Cook Property

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10013751
MRDS ID D010212
Record type Site
Current site name Cook Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.21364, 39.4561 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.7 MILES S 9 W FROM CRITCHELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Platte Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 070W 10 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN KENNEDY GULCH AND LONG GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 10 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Basic Dike
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Basic Dike
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Migmatite
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation---Migmatite
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation---Migmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.21364, 39.4561
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Critchell Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., AND BERONI, E.P., 1950, COOK PROPERTY, JEFFERSON COUNTY: USGS TEM-20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT UNAVAILABLE BUT MAY BE VEIN DEPOSIT RELATED TO GENERAL N 65 W TREND OF KENNEDY GULCH FAULT ZONE THROUGH SOUTH HALF OF SECTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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