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Lead King

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, 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. 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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017389
MRDS ID DC03400
Record type Site
Current site name Lead King
Related records 10263867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.08063, 39.09277 (WGS84)
Relative position JUNCTION OF SILVER CREEK & CRYSTAL RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowmass Mountain(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)

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 14 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.08063, 39.09277
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersections Of Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FORMATIONS DIP NORTHWARD. ORE ASSOCIATED WITH NIOBRARA LIMESTONE. SULPHIDES: GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, FLUORITE, PYRITE, CALCITE, QTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marble

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12.4 % Cu, 19.9 % Pb, 17.3 % Fe, 29. % Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 29wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 17wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 20wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 12wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • $250,000 VALUE, CHIEFLY PB

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1937, USGS BULL. 884, PG 101, 127-129

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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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