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Tamarack

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018139
MRDS ID DC04943
Record type Site
Current site name Tamarack
Related records 10190259

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.24616, 38.94889 (WGS84)
Relative position ON FOOTHILLS OF MT. HARVARD, 3 1/2 MI. W. OF RIVERSIDE STATION ON DEN. & RIO GRAND WESTERN R. R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvard Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 13S 79W 05 NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.24616, 38.94889
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN S 29 E, 45 SW, 250-300 FT THICK. VEIN FILLING IS QTZ, QTZ. PORPHYRY, DECOMPOSED GRANITE, LIME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • WORKINGS EXTENSIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. 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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