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John Reed

Past Producer in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gemstone, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016171
MRDS ID DC00631
MAS/MILS ID 80650240
Record type Site
Current site name John Reed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.16717, 39.35478 (WGS84)
Elevation 3463
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 10 TO 12 MILES NE OF LEADVILLE, S. OF CLIMAX, E. OF STATE ROUTE 91. Shaft digitized from topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 08S 78W 7 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Latitude and longitude digitized from the shaft shown on the topo matches the location of the mine on Bull. 846-C, p. 23.
  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WERE APPROXIMATED USING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S GGWL (GEOGRAPHIC WELL LOCATOR) PROGRAM FOR THE FOOTAGE CALL: T08S R78W SECTION 07, 2640 FT N, 2640 FT E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.16717, 39.35478
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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 Alicante

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, 1961, MINerals OF COLOrado: a 100-year record: USGS BULL. 1114, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    Butler and Vanderwilt, 1933, The Climax molybdenum deposit: USGS Bull. 846-C, p. 230, pl. 23

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

  • Deposit

    Eckel and others, 1997, Minerals of Colorado, p. 21, 409.

  • Deposit

    Mine map repository #404259

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1972-10-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1993-07-02 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-07-14 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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