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Ender

Producer in Gunnison 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108050
MRDS ID DC00692
Record type Site
Current site name Ender

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.76534, 38.96332 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 84W 34 NE4 OF NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMONITE ZONE 4 FT. WIDE ASSOCIATED WITH A VERTICAL FAULT. CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 12 PERCENT LEAD, 5 PERCENT ZINC, 10 OZ. SILVER/TON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1960

Mining district

District name Dorchester

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS OF HIGHGRADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLEBER, 1957, COLO. SCH. MINES MSC THESIS, PG. 61-66

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1960, P. 237

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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