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Silver Nugget

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017238
MRDS ID DC03127
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Nugget
Alternate or previous names Leviathan, Catalpa-Tennessee, Cleopatra, Kershaw, Big Indian, Monarch, Silver Crop, Gothic Belle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.13619, 39.06416 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marble(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(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 11S 87W 29 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.13619, 39.06416
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NW TRENDING SYSTEM OF FAULTS AND FISSURE VEINS CUTTING TREASURE MTN. DOME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MOST WORKED IN 1870'S & 1880'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 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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