Mountain Pride, Laurium

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017648
MRDS ID DC03959
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Pride, Laurium
Alternate or previous names Blue Flag, Larium

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.99616, 39.4561 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position UPPER REACHES OF ILLINOIS GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boreas Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 07S 77W 09 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LAURIUM: 39-27-44N, 106-00-09W; MOUNTAIN PRIDE: 39-27022N, 105-59-44W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.99616, 39.4561

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Breckenridge

Production statistics

  • Year 1902
    Material ore
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 7%null%
    Major Gold Gold 10g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 309g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 50%null%
  • Year 1911
    Period 1911?
    Material concentrates
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 12%null%
    Major Gold Gold 41g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 291%null%
    Major Lead Lead 30%null%

Comments on the workings information

  • LAURIUM: ADIT, MOUNTAIN PRIDE: SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLUE FLAG = LAURIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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