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Robinson Mine

Occurrence in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021678
MRDS ID DE00872
Record type Site
Current site name Robinson Mine
Alternate or previous names Robinson No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.20255, 39.40777 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(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
007S 079W 27,34 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.20255, 39.40777
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tenmile - Kokomo

Production statistics

  • Year 1902
    Period 1880-02
    Material ore
    Ore mined 48501.37mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 91438386.68g
  • Year 1950
    Period 1902-1950
    Material ore
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Minor Zinc Zinc 6%null%
    Minor Lead Lead 7%null%
    Major Silver Silver 180g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROBINSON NO. 2 IN EMMONS (1898).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 15-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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