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Good News No.2 Claims

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087782
MRDS ID D009622
Record type Site
Current site name Good News No.2 Claims
Alternate or previous names Goat Park

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39613, 38.40834 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 8.4 MILES S77W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McIntyre Hills(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
6th Principal 019S 072W 12 NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF PARKDALE 4 MILES TO ROYAL GORGE RANCH. FOLLOW JEEP TRAIL 1.5 MILES SE TO GOAT PARK GULCH. COMPLEX IS 1.5 MILES UP THE DRAINAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) kaolinite

Analytical data

Result CU (0.04-15.5 %), AG (0.1-1.4 OZ/TON), ZN (0.01-0.02 %)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 271
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39613, 38.40834
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Intersection Of Ne- And Nw- Trending Faults; Ilse Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • shezr zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Coppin
    First year 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 10.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 34 FT DEEP; TRENCH 32 FT LONG ENDING AT 5 FT ADIT (BOTH TREND N52E); PIT 10 FT DIAMETER X 4 FT DEEP; PIT 4 X 8 X 3 FT DEEP; MAJOR ADIT 148 FT BEARING N 70 W, WITH 53 FT STOPES, 2 SMALL ADITS CONNECTED; PIT 12 X 6 FT

Comments on development

  • AREA PREVIOUSLY WORKED BUT RECORDS SPARSE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 53-55

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT,G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER STAINING RESTRICTED TO BIOTITE SCHIST

Reporter information

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

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