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Pride of the West

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015960
MRDS ID DC00039
Record type Site
Current site name Pride of the West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.57842, 37.80834 (WGS84)
Relative position CUNNINGHAM GULCH 7 MILES E. OF SILVERTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 41N 106W 19 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

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)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.57842, 37.80834
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN - N19W SW VEIN FORMATION BY REPLACEMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1880 -

Mining district

District name Animas

Comments on the production information

  • $2,500,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, 1952, C.S.M. DOCTOR THESIS P. 2-3, MAPS.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, U.S.G.S. BULL. 182, P. 169

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Conservation Division Files 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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