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Minnesota

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018688
MRDS ID DC05880
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota
Related records 10192229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.66036, 37.87779 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(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 20 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.66036, 37.87779
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN-N60W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1954

Mining district

District name Cement Creek

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY PRODUCTION SUBSTATIAL FROM DUMPS IN 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF COLO. MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO., P. 50.

  • Deposit

    BELSER, 1956, USBM INFO. CIRC. 7731, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

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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