Uncle Remus

Occurrence in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214540
MRDS ID D010791
MAS/MILS ID 0080330199
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Remus
Related records 10014143

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.06645, 37.70061 (WGS84)
Elevation 3474
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Dolores

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 040 N 011 W 27 SW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.06645, 37.70061

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rico

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT U.S.G.S. 1901

  • Deposit

    NEUBERT, J.T., 1992, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF SAN JUAN NATIONAL

  • Deposit

    FOREST, CO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT

  • Deposit

    OPEN-FILE REPORT 2-92 (SAMPLE 167)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-1996 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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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