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North Star

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108411
MRDS ID DC05553
Record type Site
Current site name North Star
Alternate or previous names Sultan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.6787, 37.79112 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 1/4 MILES W. SILVERTON NEAR U.S. HWY 550.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 41N 07W 19 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Specularite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.6787, 37.79112
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALTER. NEAR VEINS VEIN NW (VARIABLE)-45-60 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Animas

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE OF PROD. FROM 1883-1891: $750,000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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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