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Rio Oro Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10087880
MRDS ID D010582
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Oro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.78114, 38.11807 (WGS84)
Elevation 2749
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 12.5 MILES S46E FROM VILLA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mirage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 045N 011E 29 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • AT WEST BASE OF SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE ALONG SPRING CREEK OR OTHER UNNAMED GULCH, PROBABLY NEAR TRIPLE T. MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 29. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.78114, 38.11807
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blake (Mirage, Cotton Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rio Oro Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Moffat
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN EXTENT; SURFACE CUTS

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS PAST PRODUCER UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT IN 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADR ANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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