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Montezuma

Past Producer in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118572
MRDS ID D010778
MAS/MILS ID 0080330138
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma
Alternate or previous names San Juan National Forest
Related records 10014133

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.02485, 37.68191 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 Dolores

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Primary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.02485, 37.68191
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer/Rico

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rico Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CAVED SHAFT IN 1989, ABOUT 176,000 CU FT OF DUMP MATERIAL SAMPLE #431, 0.024 OZ/TON GOLD, 3.21 OZ/TON SILVER (11,000 TONS OF DUMP MATERIAL)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:22ND ANNUAL REPORT USGS 1901

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1992 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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

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