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Peerless

Past Producer in Montezuma county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191106
MRDS ID D010846
MAS/MILS ID 0080830090
Record type Site
Current site name Peerless
Related records 10014183

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.10625, 37.43611 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mancos(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montezuma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.10625, 37.43611
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL SMALL WORKINGS HOSTED IN SILICIFIED LIMONITIC SANDSTONE. FAULTS AND SHEAR ZONES (MOSTLY NORTHWEST TRENDING) CUT THE HOST ROCKS. THIS ENTRY INCLUDES WORKINGS ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE WEST MANCOS RIVER, SOUTH TO JACKSON RIDGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAY-1992 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.