| Deposit ID | 10087928 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010931 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Deep Creek Placer |
| Alternate or previous names | Deep Creek Placer Limestone Quarry, Patented Claim: Deep Creek Placer, MS 16025 |
| Related records | 10143280 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.92648, 37.95806 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2481 |
| Relative position | 6.4 MILES N 80 W FROM TELLURIDE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gray Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Miguel(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 043N | 010W | 25,26 | W2 OF SW (25); E2 OF SE (26) | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limestone | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Microgabbro | ||||||||
| Rock description | Porphyritic Microgabbro | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation |
| Rock description | Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation |
| (1) | -107.92648, 37.95806 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Vanadium Fault, Placerville Anticline |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1968 |
| Year of first production | 1968 |
| Year of last production | 1975 |
| District name | Lower San Miguel District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mcfarland And Hullinger |
| Home office | Tooele, Ut. |
| First year | 1975 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Elwood Collins |
| Home office | Mountain View, Ca. |
| First year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010931 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081130504 |
BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRAY HEAD QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-176.
SCHWOCHOW, S.D., 1981, INVENTORY OF NONMETALLIC MINING AND PROCESSING OPERATIONS IN COLORADO: CGS MAP SER. 17, PL. 4.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16025
COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT LIES IN GENTLY NE-DIPPING WANAKAH FM SOUTH OF VANADIUM FAULT AND JUST EAST OF SEVERAL NW-TRENDING FAULTS AND MICROGABBRO DIKE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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