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San Juan National Forest

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142351
MAS/MILS ID 0080330046
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan National Forest
Alternate or previous names Buckhorn Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.01625, 37.69331 (WGS84)
Elevation 2999
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
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.01625, 37.69331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 920113

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioneer/Rico

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hicks And Peterson
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1989

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT IN 1989, ABOUT 315,000 CUBIC FT OF DUMP MATERIALS SAMPLE # 415.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-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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