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Cortland

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108089
MRDS ID DC01139
Record type Site
Current site name Cortland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59367, 38.595 (WGS84)
Relative position R 3 1/2 E, MCINTYRE GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pitkin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(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
New Mexico 50N 03E 13 S2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59367, 38.595
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 2 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1900-

Mining district

District name Gold Brick

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUGG, 1956, COLO. SCH. MINES MSC. THESIS, P. 26

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD & WORCHESTER, 1916, COLO. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 10, P. 92

  • 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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