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Carbonate Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10094450
MRDS ID D007644
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.4514, 38.14307 (WGS84)
Elevation 2431
Relative position 0.8 MILES N58W FROM THE JUNCTION OF SR 96 AND CR 277 IN SILVER CLIFF, CO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcliffe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022S 072W 17 SW OF NE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF KATE MINE WEST OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO CHLORIDE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Weak Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 3
    Rock description Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 3
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.4514, 38.14307
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northern-Trending Faults, Silver Cliff Graben

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North-Trending Faults

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 Silver Cliff

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.

  • Deposit

    FIELDMAN, D.W. AND CROWLEY, F.P., 1980, SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SILVER CLIFF CALDERA, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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