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King Group

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018499
MRDS ID DC05562
Record type Site
Current site name King Group
Related records 10215945

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -107.63312, 37.80379 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -107.63312, 37.80379
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes Of L.S. Faults And Fractures In Precambrian

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MN-REPLACEMENT IN L.S. N25E 10NW 3 FISSURE VEINS CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN AT RIGHT ANGLES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Animas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-74 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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