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Sky City Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167260
MRDS ID D008952
MAS/MILS ID 0081090200
Record type Site
Current site name Sky City Mine
Related records 10012930

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.67481, 37.92001 (WGS84)
Elevation 3170
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mesa Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saguache(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Saguache

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.67481, 37.92001
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MESA MTN QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 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.

External references

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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.