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Meadows Property

Occurrence in Archuleta county in Colorado, United States with commodity Calcium
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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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014055
MRDS ID D010671
Record type Site
Current site name Meadows Property
Alternate or previous names Claims: Iceland Spar No. 1, Iceland Spar No. 2
Related records 10141587

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.11756, 37.37002 (WGS84)
Elevation 2484
Relative position 9 MILES N 40 W FROM PAGOSA SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Archuleta(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pagosa Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piedra(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 Archuleta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 036N 2.5W 12,13 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ALONG NICHOLS DRAW. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECTS ON ICELAND SPAR NO. 1 CLAIM IN NW SE SEC. 12. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Mancos Shale
    Rock description Mancos Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.11756, 37.37002
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sunetha Anticline, Corral Mountain Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer William T. Dequasie
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Pagosa Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name San Juan N. F.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Minerals Co.
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 28 TRENCHES AND 4 TEST PITS

Comments on development

  • SMALL TEST SHIPMENT OF 25 ST ORE MADE IN 1941 FROM SEAVY RANCH AND MEADOWS PROPERTIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANCOS SHALE BEDS TREND N 20 W, 12 NE; PREDOMINANT CALCITE VEIN TRENDS N 30 W. VEINS AND LENSES OF CALCITE FOUND IN 24 TRENCHES. DEPOSITS CONTAIN TWINNED CRYSTALS INTERLOCKED AND EMBEDDED IN MATRIX OF MASSIVE CALCITE, MUCH OF IT FRACTURED, DISCOLORED, AND UNSUITABLE FOR OPTICAL PURPOSES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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