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Crestone Mineral Co. Claims

Prospect in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094522
MRDS ID D008973
Record type Site
Current site name Crestone Mineral Co. Claims
Alternate or previous names Crestone, Dewey, Hooper, Sampson, Vanderbilt, Wedge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.68475, 37.99695 (WGS84)
Elevation 2542
Relative position 0.8 MILE N 80 E OF CRESTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crestone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(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 043N 012E 07 NE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MOUTH OF BURNT GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Schist
    Rock description Metasedimentary Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.68475, 37.99695
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blance Massif, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Branch Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Crestone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Crestone Mineral Co.
    First year 1901

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 14978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS LIE IN SHEAR ZONES AND IRREGULAR FRACTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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