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Babcock Peak Magnetite Deposit

Occurrence in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094663
MRDS ID D010801
Record type Site
Current site name Babcock Peak Magnetite Deposit
Related records 10166612

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.07621, 37.42751 (WGS84)
Elevation 3932
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 13.3 MILES N 48 W FROM DURANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 037N 011W 27,28 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). JUST EAST OF BABCOCK PEAK, 2 MILES N OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE (UNSURVEYED SECTIONS). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Augite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Martite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Nonporphyritic Rocks--Monzonite;Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Nonporphyritic Rocks--Monzonite;Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
    Rock description Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.07621, 37.42751
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Plata Dome

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorability Of Limestone For Chemical Replacement

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name California (La Plata) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name San Juan N. F.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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