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McCoy Prospects

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz, Mica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018683
MRDS ID DC05872
Record type Site
Current site name McCoy Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73808, 38.36529 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. SE OF COALDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotopaxi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 48N 11E 34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Section 24, T. 48 N., R. 11 E., about 1 mi. southeast of Coaldale on the north bank of the Arkansas River (Hanley and others, 1950).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73808, 38.36529
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name cotopaxi pegmatite region

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. W. Faye And L. G. Young

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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