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Sumggler

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215391
MAS/MILS ID 0080970001
Record type Site
Current site name Sumggler

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.80702, 39.19309 (WGS84)
Elevation 2475
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MINE MAP REPO #402569 402572 403277 AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CERCLA (SUPERFUND) SITE. PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THE SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN MINING WASTE SITE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL), MAY 1986. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS INCLUDE MINE DUMPS, TAILINGS, AND SLAG CONTAINING HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD, CADMIUM, AND OTHER HEAVY METALS. DOI/USBM DESIGNATED AS A PRP. USBM SAMPLED MINE DUMPS IN 1946/1947.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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