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West Blanca District

Past Producer in Alamosa county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400264
Record type District
Current site name West Blanca District
Alternate or previous names West Blanca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.54441, 37.54774 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamosa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Peaks(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

Rio Grande 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 Alamosa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.54441, 37.54774
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Blanca

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • General

    Eillis, C.E. and others, 1983, Mineral investigations of Sangre de Cristo Wilderness area, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA65-83.

  • General

    Johnson and others, 1984, Minerl Resource Potential of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Study area, USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1635-A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 16-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey clarified record created by Terry Klein.

Beyond USGS

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

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