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Ridgway

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108012
MRDS ID DC00036
Record type Site
Current site name Ridgway
Related records 10264484

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.53813, 37.83057 (WGS84)
Relative position NE. SPUR GALENA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(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 41N 06W 17 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ELEV. 12480 FT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.53813, 37.83057
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE - N40E 75SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • $60,000 TOTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, U.S.G.S. BULL. 182, P. 172.

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT-COLLINS MINING ENG. REPORTS NO. 370: C.S.M. LOCKED FILES.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8, 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 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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