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Torpedo Eclipse Mine

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010113
MRDS ID D003619
MAS/MILS ID 0080910241
Record type Site
Current site name Torpedo Eclipse Mine
Alternate or previous names Tornado-Eclipse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.75014, 37.9796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telluride(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 043N 008W 25 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Pyrolusite 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 > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.75014, 37.9796
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mt. Sneffels

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURBANK AND LUEDKE, 1964, USGS GQ-291.

  • Deposit

    1974 MINOBRAS

  • Deposit

    Ironton 7 1/2' topographic quadrangle map.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-78 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 04-APR-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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