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Adams

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108455
MRDS ID DC05847
Record type Site
Current site name Adams
Related records 10119011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.64231, 37.90001 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR GLADSTONE W SLOPE OF BONITA PEAK, ELEV. 11,300 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 42N 07W 16 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.64231, 37.90001
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE - N10E 85 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1899

Comments on the production information

  • SUBSTATIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AURAND, 1920: COLO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 22, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO. 1960: STATE OF COLO. METAL MINING FUND BOARD, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182, P. 256.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

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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