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Unnamed Placer

Past Producer in Las Animas county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087878
MRDS ID D010577
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -104.92861, 37.36364 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 26.8 MILES N61W FROM TRINIDAD, in north cental part of placer block

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Las Animas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herlick Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Apishapa(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Las Animas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 031S 067W 07 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT PROBABLY ALONG OR NEAR SOUTH FORK TRUJILLO CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER N2 SEC. 07. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 56
USGS model code 17a
Deposit model name Placer Au

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) Cuchara Fm
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raton Basin Trough, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Veta Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spanish Peaks Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.

  • Deposit

    CONSERV. DIV. COMP. DATA 4,63 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado 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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