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Boyles Bros. Drilling

Prospect 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. 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142464
MAS/MILS ID 0080330044
Record type Site
Current site name Boyles Bros. Drilling
Alternate or previous names San Juan National Forest

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.03005, 37.69281 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

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

Ore Body (1) Rico and Hermosa Fms
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1975

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRILL CORE WAS SAMPLED BY THE TIME BUREAU OF MINES IN 1989 AND RESULTS ARE IN THE SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST REPORT.

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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