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Rico Claims

Prospect in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094403
MRDS ID D006733
Record type Site
Current site name Rico Claims
Alternate or previous names Rico and Rico No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.29863, 37.57558 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position 1.45 MILES N 11 E OF RUSSELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costilla(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Costilla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S 071W 36 SE OF NE OF NW OF NW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALTHOUGH DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS IN UNSURVEYED PRIVATE LAND GRANT, SECTIONS REPORTED ARE BASED ON PATTON AND OTHERS (1910) MAP RATHER THAN PROJECTIONS FROM ADJACENT QUADS. LAT-LONG AND ELEVATIONS DETERMINED FROM TOPO QUAD. MINE OR CLAIMS LIE ON DIVIDE SEPARATING SPANISH GULCH AND SANGRE DE CRISTO CREEK, NEXT TO BLUE BIRD CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Malachite, Iron Oxides

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock description Minturn Formation;Gneiss And Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grayback (Russell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trinchera (Estate)
    First year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT LOCATED ON EXTENSION OF RICO CLAIM

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE PROBABLY RELATED TO FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS AND SCHIST AND PENN. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. SIMILAR TO BLUE BIRD OCCURRENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 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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