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Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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 10017111
MRDS ID DC02903
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.3088, 38.53031 (WGS84)
Elevation 3124
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 06E 04,05 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.3088, 38.53031
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE AND IN VEINS. REPLACEMENT MINERALS ARE CERUSSITE, HEMIMORPHITE, SMITHSONITE, AND GALENA. VEINS CONTAIN GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monarch

Comments on the production information

  • CHAFFEE CO. 1869-1961:66,849.98 T LEAD, 15,442.15 T ZINC.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FAVORABLE AREA: PROJECTED INTERSECTION OF LAKE MAYFLOWER AND MADONNA FAULTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1963, COLO. SCH. MINES MIN. IND. BULL., V. 6, NO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 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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