| Deposit ID | 10014203 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010873 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Battle Rock Mine |
| Related records | 10239097 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.82373, 37.33529 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | 12.7 MILES S 86 W FROM CORTEZ |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montezuma(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Battle Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
McElmo(hydrologic unit)
Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Juan(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montezuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 036N | 018W | 36 | SW OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | COFFIN (1921) REPORTED ASSAY CONTAINING 8 OZ/TON AG AND TRACE AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Junction Creek Sandstone | ||||
| Rock description | Junction Creek Sandstone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Morrison Fm, Summerville Fm, and Entrada Sandstone |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Mcelmo Anticline |
| Thickness | 4.57M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mcelmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010873 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080830011 |
EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66.
EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BATTLE ROCK IS NATURAL MONOLITH IN CENTER OF MCELMO CREEK VALLEY AND IS UPHELD BY INDURATED, FE-STAINED JUNCTION CREEK SANDSTONE ALONG N 75 W-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE ACROSS CREST OF MCELMO ANTICLINE. SPARSE CHALCOPYRITE AND CU CARBONATES FOUND IN BARITE GANGUE WITH ABUNDANT FE OXIDES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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