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Unnamed Graphite Deposit

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013948
MRDS ID D010520
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Graphite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.98059, 38.67361 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N13E OF TOWN OF TURRET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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

Pike and San Isabel 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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 009E 16 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES NE OF TURRET; LOCATIONS ABOVE GIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY CENT ER OF SECTION 16 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AMORPHOUS, FINE-GRAINED, EARTHY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result OVER 50% CLASSIFIED AS "SECOND GRADE"

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Formation Reported, Possibly Sawatch Sandstone Or Ordovic Ian Formation;Fremont Dolomite, Harding Sandstone, Manitou Limestone
    Rock description Weber Formation Reported, Possibly Sawatch Sandstone Or Ordovic Ian Formation;Fremont Dolomite, Harding Sandstone, Manitou Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mosquito Range, South Park Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pleasant Valley Syncline, E-W-Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 35E
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 1524M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS OF "A FEW CARS" REPORTEDLY MADE-DATE UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 68.58M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 50-FT SHAFTS ABOUT 100 FT APART, WITH 125-FT ADIT BELOW SHAFT COLLARS, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEL RIO, S.M., 1960, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, FIRST SEQUEL: C OLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    OSBORN, E.F. AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET, COL ORADO MINING DISTRICT: ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED M. A. THESIS, P. 138.

  • Deposit

    BEHRE, C.H., OSBORN, E.F., RAINWATER, E.H., 1936, CONTACT ORE DEPOS ITION AT THE CALUMET IRON MINE, COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 8, P. 793.

  • Deposit

    BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS O F THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V . 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.

  • Deposit

    BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF T HE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 GRAPHITE BEDS INTERBEDDED WITH LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE, SCHIST. MA IN BED 3-4 FT THICK, SECOND BED 1-FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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