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Little Giant

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018488
MRDS ID DC05546
Record type Site
Current site name Little Giant
Related records 10216153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.60064, 37.80001 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN BIG GIANT AND ARRASTRA GULCHES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(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 41N 07W 26 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.60064, 37.80001
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN - N40W SW 8 INCHS WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1881-1882

Comments on the production information

  • $18,550

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182, P. 167.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY MINE TO PRODUCE GOLD ORE IN DISTRICT

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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