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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Nickel Laterite
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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. 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 10013869
MRDS ID D010401
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60477, 40.68665 (WGS84)
Elevation 2371
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 22 MILES N 13 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

Rustic(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 073W 05 NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF BEND IN CROWN POINT GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Laterite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result USGS/USBM SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.1 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU AND CU, 0.035 % LA

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.60477, 40.68665
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poudre River Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mayesville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLE ADIT

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. 27, 30, 32

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 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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