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Ben Franklin

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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 10018672
MRDS ID DC05854
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Franklin
Related records 10143362

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.61453, 37.89445 (WGS84)
Relative position IN EUREKA GULCH .5 MILE S OF 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)

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 42N 07W 14 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.61453, 37.89445
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE - N43E 4S-60 NW AND IS UP TO 100 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • $10,800 IN 1883

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, U.S.G.S. BULL. 182 P. 178.

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT-COLLINS MINING ENG. REPORT, 1909, NO. 314, CSM LIBRARY LOCKED FILES.

  • 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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