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Ruth Claims

Occurrence in Grand county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018251
MRDS ID DC05105
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Claims
Related records 10239344

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.70354, 40.16301 (WGS84)
Elevation 3505
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Isolation Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Rocky Mountain National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 74W 05,06,07,08,09 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.70354, 40.16301
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 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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