The Marsh Gulch Prospects is a silver mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,480 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.41722, -105.36278
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Marsh Gulch Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marsh Gulch Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Webster Park Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Webster Park Graben; Syncline, Anticline; Ilse Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.05% CU, 0.01% ZN
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE TRENCH 6 FT WIDE BY 50 FT LONG, TO 8 FT DEEP, BEARING N 75 E; ADIT IS 15 FT LONG ON SAME BEARING AS TRENCH
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT LIES IN A REMNANT OF THE DAKOTA FORMATION IN THE DOWN DROPPED BLOCK OF THE WEBSTER PARK GRABEN, ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN A SINUOUS ANTICLINE AND SYNCLINE, BOTH TRENDING GENERALLY NNW
Comment (Location): SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 11 MILES; TAKE NW FORK OF ROAD 1.5 MILES, THEN SOUTH 0.25 MILE AT NEXT FORK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 91-93
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.
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