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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016277
MRDS ID DC00849
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.94142, 38.3439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2819
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES N5E FROM VILLA GROVE ALONG RASPBERRY CR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bushnell 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 047N 009E 11 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976) (1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss
    Rock description Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.94142, 38.3439
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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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Nromal Fault Ne Of And Parallel To Sangre De Cristo Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ON WEST FLANK OF SANGRE DE CRISTO MTNS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Villa Grove Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-892

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-FEB-1982 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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