| Deposit ID | 10216292 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0081070157 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buffalo Pass |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.68753, 40.54577 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3158 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Routt(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Yampa(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Routt |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Pit (1) | Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Fish Creek District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081070157 |
MINERAL APPRAISAL OF ROUTT NATIONAL FORESST, COLORADO, USBM
OPENFILE MLA ?-93, SAMPLE 268.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ POD WITH PYRITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-JUN-1993 | Neubert, John T. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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