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Coronado Group

Past Producer in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tellurium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013986
MRDS ID D010569
Record type Site
Current site name Coronado Group
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims: Eagle Plume, Keystone, Jessie Mae, Dividend, Invincible, Courthouse Vein System

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.48946, 37.58058 (WGS84)
Elevation 4372
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MILES N9W FROM BLANCA, Within 1 mile radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamosa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S;028S 072W;073W 19,20,29,30,31,32;24,25,36 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CDM MINE MGR. REPT. GIVES LOCATION AS ON MCMILLAN ROAD. EXACT LOCA TION HIGHLY UNCERTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR BLANA PEAK, AT COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 25 AND 36 (T28S, R73W), 30 AND 31 (T28S8 R72W) ). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SULFIDE ORE AVERAGED $15 TO $30/TON WITH TRACE TE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Hornblende Diorite;Intermediate Stocks, Laccoliths, Plugs, Dikes, And Sills
    Rock description Hornblende Diorite;Intermediate Stocks, Laccoliths, Plugs, Dikes, And Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
    Rock description Granodiorite Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.48946, 37.58058
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Mountains Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blanca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sierra Blanca Mining And Reduction Co.
    First year 1901

Comments on the workings information

  • 120-FT TUNNEL WITH 60-FT RAISE; 184-FT CROSSCUT, 75-FT CROSSCUT, 50-FT CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MGR. REPTS., 1900, P. 315; 1901, P. 173.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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