White Earth District (MRDS #60000386) VRM

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	60000386
MRDS ID	D011410
Record type	District
Current site name	White Earth District
Alternate or previous names	Powderhorn District, North Star MS 2503, Black Metallic MS 2504, Galena MS 2505, Iron King MS 2506, Iowa MS 2625, Horseshoe MS 2625, Centre MS 2625, Road Side Nos. 1-6 MS 5898, Southeast Side MS 5898, East Side No. 1 MS 5898, Elkhorn MS 5898, Apex MS 5898, Apex Nos. 2-3 MS 5898, North Side No. 1 MS 5898, Cariboo MS 5898, Summit MS 5898, Sunnyside Nos. 1-4 MS 5898, Crown Point Nos. 1-6 MS 5898, Napoleon MS 5898, Napoleon No. 2 MS 5898, Oley MS 5898, West Wing MS 5898, South Side No. 1 and Nos. 3-6 MS 5898, Hidden Treasure MS 5898, Jumbo MS 5898, Smuggler MS 5898, Mountain Star MS 5898, Silver Spray MS 5898, Iron Clad MS 5898, Sampson Nos. 1-4 MS 5898, Deldorita Nos. 1-3 MS 5898, New Discovery MS 20703, New Discovery Nos. 1-3 MS 20703
Related records	10264239

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-107.05342, 38.255 (WGS84)
Relative position	DISTRICT LIES ALONG CEBOLLA CREEK IN VICINITY OF POWDERHORN, IRON HILL, AND RUDOLPH HILL, FROM CONFLUENCE OF POWDERHORN CREEK UPSTREAM (SOUTH) TO ABOUT THE COMFLUENCE OF RUDOLPH AND MUD GULCHES, SOUTHWESTERN GUNNISON CO. INCLUDES ALL OR LOWER PARTS OF SAMMONS GULCH, STONE GULCH, SMITH GULCH, HUNTSMAN GULCH, DELDORADO CREEK, ROAD BEAVER CREEK, NORTH BEAVER CREEK, KELSO GULCH, EAST DEMPSEY GULCH, WEST DEMPSEY GULCH, AND JOHNSON GULCH. PROMINENT LANDMARKS INCLUDE HUNTSMAN MESA, IRON HILL, RUDOLPH HILL, MILLER HILL, FISH CANYON RIDGE, AND CEBOLLA HOT SPRINGS. DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE VIA COLORADO RTE 149 FROM US RTE 50 AND BLUE MESA RESERVOIR SW TO CEBOLLA CREEK (NEAR POWDERHORN); VIA ROAD SOUTH FROM COLORADO 149, THROUGH POWDERHORN AND UP CEBOLLA CREEK; VIA ROAD NE FROM LAKE CITY AND LAKE SAN CRISTOBAL, OVER SLUMGULLION PASS, AND DOWN CEBOLLA CREEK THROUGH CATHEDRAL; VIA ROAD FROM COLORADO RTE 114 AND COCHETOPA CREEK SW UP LOS PINOS CREEK, OVER LOS PINOS PASS TO CEBOLLA CREEK AND CATHEDRAL. DISTRICT EXTENDS SOUTH ONTO RUDOLPH HILL (1962) QUAD. SECTIONS LISTED INCLUDE THOSE CONTAINING PROSPECTS AND ROCK TYPES RELATED TO IRON HILL AND POWDERHORN STOCKS. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR SUMMIT OF IRON HILL, 2.8 MILES SE OF POWDERHORN, IN C NW SW SEC. 12, T46N, R2W. ;

Geographic coordinates:

-107.05342, 38.255 (WGS84)

Relative position

DISTRICT LIES ALONG CEBOLLA CREEK IN VICINITY OF POWDERHORN, IRON HILL, AND RUDOLPH HILL, FROM CONFLUENCE OF POWDERHORN CREEK UPSTREAM (SOUTH) TO ABOUT THE COMFLUENCE OF RUDOLPH AND MUD GULCHES, SOUTHWESTERN GUNNISON CO. INCLUDES ALL OR LOWER PARTS OF SAMMONS GULCH, STONE GULCH, SMITH GULCH, HUNTSMAN GULCH, DELDORADO CREEK, ROAD BEAVER CREEK, NORTH BEAVER CREEK, KELSO GULCH, EAST DEMPSEY GULCH, WEST DEMPSEY GULCH, AND JOHNSON GULCH. PROMINENT LANDMARKS INCLUDE HUNTSMAN MESA, IRON HILL, RUDOLPH HILL, MILLER HILL, FISH CANYON RIDGE, AND CEBOLLA HOT SPRINGS. DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE VIA COLORADO RTE 149 FROM US RTE 50 AND BLUE MESA RESERVOIR SW TO CEBOLLA CREEK (NEAR POWDERHORN); VIA ROAD SOUTH FROM COLORADO 149, THROUGH POWDERHORN AND UP CEBOLLA CREEK; VIA ROAD NE FROM LAKE CITY AND LAKE SAN CRISTOBAL, OVER SLUMGULLION PASS, AND DOWN CEBOLLA CREEK THROUGH CATHEDRAL; VIA ROAD FROM COLORADO RTE 114 AND COCHETOPA CREEK SW UP LOS PINOS CREEK, OVER LOS PINOS PASS TO CEBOLLA CREEK AND CATHEDRAL. DISTRICT EXTENDS SOUTH ONTO RUDOLPH HILL (1962) QUAD. SECTIONS LISTED INCLUDE THOSE CONTAINING PROSPECTS AND ROCK TYPES RELATED TO IRON HILL AND POWDERHORN STOCKS. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR SUMMIT OF IRON HILL, 2.8 MILES SE OF POWDERHORN, IN C NW SW SEC. 12, T46N, R2W. ;

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powderhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Colorado	Gunnison

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Vermiculite	Primary
Iron	Primary
Manganese Critical	Secondary
Thorium	Tertiary
Zinc Critical	Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical	Tertiary
Vanadium Critical	Tertiary
REE Critical	Tertiary
Zeolites	Tertiary
Titanium Critical	Tertiary
Uranium	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-107.05342, 38.255	ListMap

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	IRON HILL ALKALIC COMPLEX, CIMARRON FAULT, POWDERHORN STOCK
Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	GUNNISON UPLIFT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Both
Year of first production	1880
Year of last production	1961

District name	WHITE EARTH DISTRICT
District name	POWDERHORN DISTRICT

Type	Owner
Owner	BUTTES OIL AND GAS CO.
Home office	OAKLAND, CA
Year	1983

Type	Operator
Owner	RAYMOND KAISER ENGINEERS, INC.
Home office	OAKLAND, CA
Year	1983

White Earth District

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