North Star Claim

Occurrence in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012315
MRDS ID D007873
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.95201, 37.8764 (WGS84)
Elevation 3225
Relative position 2.1 MILES N 39 W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001W 23 CENTER OF SE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ON NORTH SLOPE OF BULLDOG MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wason Park Rhyolite
    Rock description Wason Park Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wason Park Rhyolite
    Rock description Wason Park Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.95201, 37.8764

Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Local Major Branch Of Bulldog Mtn. Fault Zone; Creede Graben

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 275-FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D007873

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS, 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey