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Unnamed Pegmatite Mine

Prospect in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Quartz, Stone, Feldspar, Thorium
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013994
MRDS ID D010584
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pegmatite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.73614, 38.04945 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 17.9 MILES S40E FROM VILLA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rito Alto Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N 011E 23 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG UNNAMED GULCHES SOUTH OF MARSHALL GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Stone Primary
Feldspar Primary
Thorium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euxenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Xenotime Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age;Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.73614, 38.04945
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Faults, Gibson Peak Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628.

  • Deposit

    BROWN BROWN, L.J., AND MALAN, R.C., 1954, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIU M IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO: AEC

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R.L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-36, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., AND ADAMS, J.W., 1962, THORIUM AND RARE EARTH IN THE U NITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-28, P. 4-5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 10-JUN-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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