The Unnamed Prospects is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,160 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,160 Feet (2,792 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.36722, -106.06389
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Unnamed Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects
Secondary: Carrie
Secondary: Hawkins
Secondary: Cable
Secondary: Dubois
Secondary: Desmet
Secondary: Marquett
Secondary: Long
Secondary: Worth
Secondary: Little Johnny
Secondary: Clara
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District
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
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
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: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Bonanza Caldera, Small Unnamed Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG ALDER CR. 1.1 MILES WSW OF ALDER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY 4585
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MF-761
Reference (Deposit): MAYHEW, J.D., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE BONANZA VOLCANIC FIELD, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1226
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