The Unnamed Gold Occurrence is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,760 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,760 Feet (2,975 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.1825, -106.62722
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Unnamed Gold Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Gold Occurrence
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Dome; Unnamed Concentric Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IF OCCURRENCE IS VALID, MINERALIZATION COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCONCENTRIC FAULT DIPPING NW TOWARD COCHETOPA DOME VOLCANIC CENTER
Comment (Location): POSSIBLY ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF ARCHULETA CR. IN UNSURVEYED SECTION. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS APPROX. CENTER W2 SE SECTION 3 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NS, 10 W
References
Reference (Deposit): LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65
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