Gem Park; Goldenite; Silverite Occurrence, Hardscrabble District, Custer Co., Colorado, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 38° 15' 21'' North , 105° 31' 38'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 38.25590,-105.52740 |
GeoHash: | G#: 9wucwsm2c |
Locality type: | Occurrence |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
REF:Deposit:: BUSH, 1951, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 8, P. 338
Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65
Commodities (Major) - Vermiculite
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock: Hornblendite, Gneiss
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Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 3186950 | Paleoproterozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Lithology: Orthogneiss/paragneiss Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 2722013 | Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Description: Includes metabasalt, metatuff, and interbedded metagraywacke; locally contains interlayered biotite gneiss. Derived principally from volcanic rocks Lithology: Major:{gneiss}, Minor:{metabasalt,metagraywacke} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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