| Deposit ID | 10166402 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010789 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080330004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Swan |
| Alternate or previous names | San Juan National Forest |
| Related records | 10014142 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.03625, 37.68111 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2646 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Dolores |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 040 N | 011 W | 35 | SESE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -108.03625, 37.68111 |
|---|
| Strike | S80E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 12S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 6.1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1881 |
| District name | Pioneer/Rico |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rico Development Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 3201M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080330004 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010789 | MAS references MRDS |
REF: TOPO MAP & CBM ANN REPT 1972
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO 1972
UNDERGROUND WORKING FOR RICO ARGENTINE MINE
US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFORMATION FROM PRR-1740, DATED 1953. RADIOACTIVITY: 3XBG. DEPOSIT DIRECTIONS- S.H. 145 SOUTH 3/4 MILE FROM RICO. MINE ACROSS DOLORES RIVER ON RIGHT. OLD MINE WORKINGS ARE CONSIDE THOUGH THEN IN POOR REPAIR. GAS AND BAD AIR WAS REPORTED. RA ACTIVITY READINGS WERE UNSTABLE. CAUSED WORKING IN 1989, ABOUT 182,000 FT3 OF DUMP MATERIAL, SAMPLE #437-438. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 29-MAY-1992 | Nettleton | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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