Crestone District

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000326
MRDS ID D008979
Record type District
Current site name Crestone District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69918, 37.99531 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT-LONG IS FOR TOWN OF CRESTONE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

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) -105.69918, 37.99531

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name CRESTONE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 193-194.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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