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George Washington

Occurrence in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018671
MRDS ID DC05852
Record type Site
Current site name George Washington
Related records 10264377

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.61731, 37.90001 (WGS84)
Relative position IN EUREKA GULCH, NEAR LAKE EMMA.

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 42N 07W 15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.61731, 37.90001
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE - E-W 70S, ABOUT 20 FT WIDE, DENSE RHODONITE IN MIDDLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS. BULL. 182, P. 178.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW GRADE VEIN

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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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