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Porcupine

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Molybdenum, Lead
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Sections on this page
  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. 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 10016466
MRDS ID DC01240
Record type Site
Current site name Porcupine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.50728, 38.67778 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(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
New Mexico 51N 04E 15 NE4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.50728, 38.67778
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Creek

Comments on the production information

  • ASSAY (1943) 0.13 PERCENT MOS2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAMMEL, 1961, CU MSC. THESIS

  • Deposit

    DINGS & ROBINSON, 1957, USGS P.P. 289, P. 67

  • Deposit

    TWETO, 1943, USGS MIN. INV. OPEN FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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