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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Bismuth, Gold, REE
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013864
MRDS ID D010394
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.812, 40.65054 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position 24.5 MILES N 40 W FROM ESTES PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boston Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008N 075W 21 N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST BANK OF CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER 820 FT BELOW POUDRE FALLS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result USGS/USBM SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE PB, ZN, CU, AU, Y, AND 0.051% BI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granitic Gneiss;Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist And Gneiss And Hornblende Gneiss, Undivided
    Rock description Granitic Gneiss;Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist And Gneiss And Hornblende Gneiss, Undivided
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.812, 40.65054
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Rawah Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spencer Heights-Poudre Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROX 50-FT TUNNEL OF IRREGULAR PLAN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COMANCHE-BIG SOUTH, NEOTA-FLAT TOP, AND NEVER SUMMER WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS OFR 81-578, P. 26-27, 30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DARK-COLORED GNEISS TRENDS N 60 E AND DIPS STEEPLY AND IS CUT BY NARROW VEIN TRENDING N 65 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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