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Thunder

Past Producer in Montezuma county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214961
MRDS ID D003258
MAS/MILS ID 0080830113
Record type Site
Current site name Thunder
Related records 10009952

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.12785, 37.39721 (WGS84)
Elevation 3219
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

Rampart Hills(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
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.12785, 37.39721
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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 La Plata District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN:OP CHARLES H. STARR, MANCOS

  • Deposit

    REF:CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1939

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 219

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO NE-STRIKING VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE

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.