Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn-Mo Occurrence

The Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn-Mo Occurrence is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,661 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

Name: Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn-Mo Occurrence  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 8,661 Feet (2,640 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.04889, -106.26556

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Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn-Mo Occurrence MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn-Mo Occurrence


Commodity

Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Tracy Canyon Area


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

Owner Name: W. A. Bowes And Associates
Home Office: Steamboat Springs, Co.
Years: 1969 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Unnamed Normal Faults, Small Horsts And Grabens


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gradationally Altered Zones Begin With High-Silica Jasperoid Breccia Pipes, Surrounded By Advanced Argillic Breccia And Volcanics, Then By Nonbrecciated Silicified Quartz Latite


Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF ROCK-CHIP SAMPLES INDICATE ANOMALOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF CU (GT 100 PPM), PB (GT 70 PPM), ZN (GT 200 PPM), AND MO (GT 100 PPM). SAMPLE NO. 254 CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING (N=NOT DETECTED, L=PRESENT BUT BELOW LEVEL OF DETERMINATION): 20 PPM CU, 70 PPM PB, L PPM ZN, N PPM MO. SAMPLE IS FROM PORPHYRITIC QUARTZ LATITE


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES ASSOCIATED WITH ZONED HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AROUND SMALL NORMAL FAULTS AND JASPEROID BRECCIA PIPES IN GENTLY DIPPING QUARTZ LATITE AND ANDESITE LAVA FLOWS AND GRANODIORITIC TO ANDESITIC INTRUSIVES

Comment (Location): SECTION DESIGNATION APPROXIMATE DUE TO SURVEY DISTORTION OR PROJECTION INTO UNSURVEYED AREA. SITE LIES SOUTH OF NORTH TRACY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Commodity): SULFIDE ORES NOT DIRECTLY OBSERVED BUT POSTULATED ON BASIS OF GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS


References

Reference (Deposit): NEWMAN, J.W., 1976, THE GEOLOGY OF THE TRACY CANYON AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 106 P


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