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Skyline Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142664
MRDS ID DC00731
MAS/MILS ID 0080510305
Record type Site
Current site name Skyline Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Darling Mine
Related records 10016232

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.15033, 39.04359 (WGS84)
Elevation 3548
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marble(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Gunnison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.15033, 39.04359
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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 Crystal River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER:MACDONALD KNIGHT, 3676 3700 ROAD, HOTCHKISS, CO 81419

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS MARBLE QUAD

  • Deposit

    REF:KNIGHT, M.J.,STRATIGRAPHY AND AG-PB-ZN MINERALIZATION

  • Deposit

    OF THE LEADVILLE LIMESTONE AT TREASURE MOUNTAIN,

  • Deposit

    GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, 1991, MS THESIS, UNIV. ARIZ.

  • Deposit

    REF:MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RAGGEDS WILDERNESS AREA,

  • Deposit

    GUNNISON COUNTY,COLORADO, 1984, BUR.MINES OPEN-FILE

  • Deposit

    REPORT MLA 21-84, P. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAY-1993 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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