Uauneita Mine

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018536
MRDS ID DC05617
Record type Site
Current site name Uauneita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.84588, 39.58777 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE E. OF MONTEZUMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(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 05S 76W 25 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Middle Tertiary intrusive rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1938-?

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Comments on the production information

  • 2 SHIPMENTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN EXAM FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 2,65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COULD NOT VERIFY--NO REFERENCES (WILSON, 1991)

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.