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Treasure Trove

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009367
MRDS ID D002311
MAS/MILS ID 0080910011
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Trove
Alternate or previous names Treasure Trove Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70384, 37.9083 (WGS84)
Elevation 3075

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Ouray

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 008W 11,12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.70384, 37.9083
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURBANK, W.S., 1941, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 14, NO. 5.

  • Deposit

    MAS Oct 1976 File

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO URANIUM MINERALS OBSERVED SOME RADIOACTIVITY ABOVE BACKGROUND
Deposit Merged 10191557 Treasure Trove Claims with this record. Delete 10191557.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.