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Oak Creek Grade Prospect

Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz, Mica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108398
MRDS ID DC05378
Record type Site
Current site name Oak Creek Grade Prospect
Alternate or previous names Basin Ranch
Related records 10142105

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.24224, 38.3264 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 9.3 MI. S. OF CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 20S 70W 08 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF NE 1/4 300 FT. W. STATE HIGHWAY 143

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Microcline Ore
Quartz Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DARK RED MICROCLINE WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS IRON-RICH BIOTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Colorado Feldspar Co.
    Home office Canon City, Co.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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