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Syndicate Tunnel

Past Producer in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239300
MAS/MILS ID 0080330194
Record type Site
Current site name Syndicate Tunnel
Alternate or previous names San Juan National Forest

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.02985, 37.67971 (WGS84)
Elevation 2768
Location accuracy 10(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 039 N 011 W 01 N2NW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.02985, 37.67971
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 920316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioneer/Rico

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rico Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1989

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT IN 1989, ABOUT 731,250 CU FT OF DUMP MATERIAL, SAMPLE #436.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-1992 Landsdown 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

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