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Elkhorn

Past Producer in Routt county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191249
MAS/MILS ID 0081070041
Record type Site
Current site name Elkhorn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.95375, 40.98437 (WGS84)
Elevation 2755
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Routt(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Routt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.95375, 40.98437
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elkhorn Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELKHORN MTN 7.5 QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    MINERAL APPRAISAL OF ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO: USBM

  • Deposit

    OPENFILE REPORT MLA ?-93, SAMPLES 10-14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS SUNK IN A NORTH-TRENDING QUARTZ- GALENA-SPHALERITE VEIN. GABBRO HOST ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-1993 Neubert, John T. 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.