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Little Joe Claims

Prospect in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013987
MRDS ID D010571
Record type Site
Current site name Little Joe Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.11084, 37.89363 (WGS84)
Elevation 2752
Relative position 8.5 MILES N26E FROM GARDNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Isabel(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

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 Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025S 069W 03,04,09,10 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN CUSTER CREEK AND TURKEY CREEK 5.4 MILES WNW FROM GREENHORN MOUNTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR TRENCH IN NE NE SEC. 09. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM SHEARED GNEISS IN TRENCH WALL CONTAINED 0.2 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock type qualifier biotite gneiss and schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.11084, 37.89363
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name NW trending fault
Structure description Greenhorn Anticline
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains Uplift

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TRENCH AND TWO PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MI LA 26-83.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 09-MAY-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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