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Marble Mountain Deposit

Occurrence in Rio Grande county in Colorado, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094257
MRDS ID D002160
MAS/MILS ID 81050019
Record type Deposit
Current site name Marble Mountain Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.47139, 37.46139 (WGS84)
Elevation 3642
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 15 MI. WSW OF MONTE VISTA. Body is located in the vicinity of Marble Mountain. No specific workings.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jasper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(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 Rio Grande

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 037N 005N 08,17 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED ON 3 LOW PEAKS ALONG HIGH MTN. DIVIDE, ABOUT 3 MI. N OF OLD JASPER CAMP.
  • Deleted record 10119325 (old MAS 0081050019) had only one reference: "TOPO MAP". Not clear how this was used. This mine is NOT shown on the topo.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Oligo Summitville Andesite
    Rock description Oligo Summitville Andesite

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.47139, 37.46139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG LENSES
    Dip 15 DEG N
    Thickness 67.06M
    Length 426.72M
    Width 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer John Vogt

Mining district

District name Jasper

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank And John Monteverde

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Measured 6000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al 40 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al 37 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HYPOTHETICAL RESOURCE INFERRED BY R. B. HALL BASED ON PERSONAL RECON, 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW SHALLOW TEST PITS

Comments on development

  • MINOR PROSPECTING DURING WWI FOR PRECIOUS METALS; LITTLE WORK SINCE ; ECON.COM: DEPOSIT HAS NO OVERBURDEN BUT IS ON TOP OF A HIGH MOUNTAIN DIVIDE AND IS 2.5 MI. FROM NEAREST AUTO ROAD. ALUNITE IS CLOSELY INTERLOCKED WITH QUARTZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROSS, W. AND LARSEN, E. S., 1935 , A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 843 , 138 P.

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, L. S., 1943 , UNPUB. REPT. IN USGS FILE

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T. A., LIPMAN, P. W., HAIL, W. J., JR., BARKER, FRED, AND LUEDKE, R. G., COMPILERS, 1974 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, USGS MISC. INV. MAP I-764 , SCALE 1:250,000

  • Deposit

    1915 DIREXPL VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS: PROSP'G WORKS

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP L. S. GARDNER: UNPUB. REPT.

  • Deposit

    1943 RECON USBM: UNPUB. MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP RANGES FROM 10 TO 20 DEG N
Deposit GARDNER, L. S., 1943 , UNPUB. REPT. IS ONLY GOOD SOURCE ON ALUNITE ; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-04-01 Hall, Robert B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1978-08-01 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1996-09-16 Intermountain Field Operations Center U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0081050019 = newMRDS 10119325

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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