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Wolverine Mine

Producer in Grand 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10108301
MRDS ID DC04266
Record type Site
Current site name Wolverine Mine
Related records 10118118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.92283, 40.3397 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowen Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Never Summer Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04N 76W 05 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.92283, 40.3397
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 IN.-2.5 FT. VEIN, 17 OZ SILVER, .2 OZ AU PER TON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1880-1941

Mining district

District name Grand Lake (Wolverine)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOCK, 1928, ANNALS OF N. Y. ACAD. OF SCIENCES, VOL. 30, P. 256-257

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    BUCKWALTER, 1950, GEOL. OF THE S. PART OF THE NEVERSUMMER MTNS., 1961, UNIV. OF MICH. PH.D. THESIS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 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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