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Unnamed Alunite Occurrence

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. 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 10090904
MRDS ID D008957
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Alunite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.11921, 38.25529 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11.5 MILES N 5 E OF SAGUACHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whale Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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

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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046N 008E 07,08 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Diaspore Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Kaolin Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization, Solfataric Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Intrusive Quartz Latite And Rhyolite
    Rock description Intrusive Quartz Latite And Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Intrusive Quartz Latite And Rhyolite
    Rock description Intrusive Quartz Latite And Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.11921, 38.25529
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bonanza Caldera, Greenback Gulch Volcanic Neck
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 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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