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Ouray

Occurrence in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Palladium
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038131
MRDS ID M045417
Record type Site
Current site name Ouray

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.67342, 38.02722 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position NEAR TOWN OF OURAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ouray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Ouray

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N 007W Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN UNCONPAHGRE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF CASCADE CREEK JUST NORTH OF OURAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1.0922 GRAM ASSAY BUTTON FOR GOLD YIELDED PT=1.18%, IR+OS=4.51%

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ouray District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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