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Cumberland

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Iron
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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 10016346
MRDS ID DC00992
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland
Related records 10288602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.48728, 38.70417 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 81W 31 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. SECTION, TOWNSHIP UNDIVIDED; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.48728, 38.70417
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BED 10-38 FT. THICK. ORE: MAGNETITE, HEMATITE, LIMONITE, MALACHITE, CHALCOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tincup

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS & ROBINSON, 1957, USGS P.P. 289, P. 60

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    HARRER & TESCH, 1959, USBM IC 7918, P. 36

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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