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Yellow Pine Barite Vein

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087770
MRDS ID D009478
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Pine Barite Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.70892, 38.55417 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12.4 MILES N03W OF COTOPAXI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waugh Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 050N 011E 25 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATIONS ACCURATE TO 0.5 MILE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 175
USGS model code 26c
Deposit model name Barite-fluorite veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.70892, 38.55417
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waugh Mountain Volcanic Center, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schoolhouse Fault

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Barite Veins In Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Waugh Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, ONE SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, J.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF AN AREA NORTH OF COTOPAXI, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, P. 47-48

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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