The Unnamed Gold Occurrence is a gold mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.75194, -104.49722
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Unnamed Gold Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Gold Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: Walsenburg Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Apishapa Uplift
Type: L
Description: Apishapa Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 1200 FT SW OF GOLD MINE RESERVOIR ON UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF RATTLESNAKE CANYON, 0.75 MILE ON COUNTY ROAD NORTH OF SR 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976) (1976)
Comment (Commodity): BASED ON NAME ASSOCIATION WITH GOLD MINE RESERVOIR
Comment (Geology): NO DIKE IS SHOWN ON REGIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP, BUT SITE LIES ON ALIGNMENT WITH DIKE AT "THE HOGBACK" AND THOSE NEAR WALSENBURG.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594-G.
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