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Highland and El Capitan group

Occurrence in Park 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. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311047
Record type Site
Current site name Highland and El Capitan group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.08754, 39.34693 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Park

Comments on the location information

  • Claim group is on east flank of Mount Lincoln along Putnam Gulch, about 4-1/2 miles NNE of Alma, in secs 14, 15, 22, 23, T 8 S, R 78 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Orthoquartzite
    Rock unit name Sawatch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Manitou Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry
    Rock unit name Lincoln Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.08754, 39.34693
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Many veins cross the property and the quartzite itself has been mineralized.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Alma District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Optimistic and dated estimates based on few samples are of little current value. (Sunshine files)

Comments on development

  • Little work has been done to develop the property. (Sunshine files)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-FEB-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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