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Mosquito Mining District

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191062
MAS/MILS ID 0080930190
Record type District
Current site name Mosquito Mining District
Alternate or previous names Alma Mining District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.17144, 39.28638 (WGS84)
Elevation 3779
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.17144, 39.28638
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name London fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Mosquito Mining District
District name Alma Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings London mine

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO #403499 #410027

  • Reference

    Long and others, 1998, USGS OFR-98-206.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Long (OFR-98-206) includes Alma (Mosquito) as a significant deposit. It is not clear exactly what area and mines are included in this "district". ABW therefore assigned this record to represent Long's "Alma" significant deposit.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 11-MAY-07 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Changed commod. from Au trace, U major. This is primarily a Au with some Ag-Pb district. Synonym is Alma. London mine is the most productive. Added names of structures. Referenced USGS Bull.911.

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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