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London

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018418
MRDS ID DC05410
Record type Site
Current site name London
Related records 10143224

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.58397, 37.94861 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 43N 07W 36 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE GRADE IS COMPARATIVELY HIGH, AVERAGING 0.5 TR OZ/ST OF GOLD.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.58397, 37.94861
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 SETS OF WORKINGS- 2 VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cobb Resources Corp. Of Albuquerque, Nm And Boulder Gold, Inc. Of Lakewood, Co

Comments on development

  • THE LONDON MINE HAD BEEN WORKED BETWEEN 1874 AND THE 1940'S. REOPENED IN 1988 AFTER A DECADE OF REHABILITATION, EXPLORATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORE RESERVES. CLOSED DOWN AGAIN IN JUNE 1989 BECAUSE OF LACK OF ECONOMICALLY RECOVERABLE ORE AND THE CONTINUED LOW PRICE OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946: COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 432 - 434 AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    MINERALS TODAY, JANUARY 1990, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Berger, Mary A. 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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