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Kansas City Star Claim

Occurrence in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012358
MRDS ID D007949
Record type Site
Current site name Kansas City Star Claim
Related records 10142156

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.94951, 37.87251 (WGS84)
Elevation 3298
Relative position 1.8 MILES N42W 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 SW OF NW OF SE 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 NE SUMMIT OF BULLDOG MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Analytical data

Result REPORTEDLY 87 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;Huerto Formation
    Rock description Wason Park Rhyolite;Huerto Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wason Park Rhyolite;Huerto Formation
    Rock description Wason Park Rhyolite;Huerto Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.94951, 37.87251
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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

  • 70-FT SHAFT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D007949
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0080790051

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