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Bachelor Mine

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107872
MRDS ID D003051
MAS/MILS ID 80910001
Record type Site
Current site name Bachelor Mine
Alternate or previous names Bachelor Group Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.6608, 38.0606 (WGS84)
Elevation 2664
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ouray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Ouray

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N 007W 14 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.6608, 38.0606
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uncompahgre

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Clarence Krieger

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURBANK, 1940, USGS BULL. 906-E.

  • Deposit

    MAS Oct. 1976 File

  • Deposit

    MAS lead/zinc file. Owner: Clarence Krieger

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Anna Wilson (USGS) merged 10215429 with this record. 10215429 is recommended for deletion.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1978-01-01 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-04-07 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated information from record 10215429

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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