| Deposit ID | 10167881 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0081170161 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver King |
| Related records | 10009474 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.86504, 39.57221 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3596 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Summit(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blue(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Summit |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Ore Body (1) | -105.86504, 39.57221 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Montezuma - Geneva Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1883, 1886-87, 92, 04, 1909-10, 12, 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 373.99mt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081170161 |
134380600425350
USGS PP 178, p. 107
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-NOV-1983 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 07-AUG-0007 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.