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Mountain Chief Mine

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Nitrogen-Nitrates, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117672
MAS/MILS ID 0080150214
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.2889, 38.07611 (WGS84)
Elevation 3584
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laughlin Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saguache(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 050 N 006 E 22 NENESW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Nitrogen-Nitrates Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.2889, 38.07611
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRAWFORD COLO GS BUL 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Maples U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.