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Bill Young

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018630
MRDS ID DC05779
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Young
Related records 10289466

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.59564, 37.95167 (WGS84)
Relative position SE OF MINERAL POINT AT THE END OF THE ROAD S. FROM ANIMAS FORKS

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)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(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
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.59564, 37.95167
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN STRIKES N58E, DIP 80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1876

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE SINCE 1880'S

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MILL-GRADE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946: COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 423-424 AND PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901: USGS BULL. 182, P. 187

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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

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