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Maid of Erin Mine

Past Producer in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142322
MAS/MILS ID 0080650031
Record type Site
Current site name Maid of Erin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.27533, 39.24916 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leadville South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009 S 080 W 24 NESE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.27533, 39.24916
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leadville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CERCLA (SUPERFUND) SITE. PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THE CALIFORNIA GULCH MINING WASTE SITE PLACED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL) IN 1983. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS INCLUDE: 1) ACID MINE DRAINAGE CONTAMINATED WITH HEAVY METALS, AND 2) MINE DUMPS AND MILL TAILINGS CONTAINING HEAVY METALS. DOI ALLEGED TO BE A PRP. USBM SAMPLED MINE DUMPS IN 1942/1943.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUL-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 22-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg 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

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