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North Pole

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108055
MRDS ID DC00733
Record type Site
Current site name North Pole
Related records 10239209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.08063, 39.02082 (WGS84)
Elevation 3703

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowmass Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 87W 11 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.08063, 39.02082
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE AND SHALE, ORE OXIDE AND SULPHIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1898-1899, 1902

Mining district

District name Marble

Comments on the production information

  • $4049 COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1937, USGS BULL. 884, PG 101

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • 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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