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Oro Negro Group

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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 10239469
MAS/MILS ID 0080670230
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Negro Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.05675, 37.35561 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hesperus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(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 La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 036 N 011 W 27 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.05675, 37.35561
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTH-AND EAST-TRENDING CALCITE VEINS CONTAIN CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE.

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

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE RPT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAY-1992 Denton/Mt 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

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