| Deposit ID | 60000326 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008979 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Crestone District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.69918, 37.99531 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | LAT-LONG IS FOR TOWN OF CRESTONE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Saguache |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -105.69918, 37.99531 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | thrust fault along west flank of Sangre de Cristo Range |
| Structure description | SANGRE DE CRISTO FAULT, GIBSON PEAK SYNCLINE |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE, SIERRA BLANCA MASSIF, RIO GRANDE RIFT |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of last production | 1939 |
| District name | CRESTONE DISTRICT |
|---|
JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558.
SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628
VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 193-194.
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