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Montezuma Mine

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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239984
MRDS ID D010145
MAS/MILS ID 0080970135
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Mine
Related records 10087811

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.84842, 39.01969 (WGS84)
Elevation 3877
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

Hayden Peak(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)

Federal lands

White River 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 Pitkin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.84842, 39.01969
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1897

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MINE MAP REPO #402568 409501 AND OTHERS

  • Deposit

    REF:MINERAL APPRAISAL OF WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST,COLO.

  • Deposit

    BUR.MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 9-90.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1993 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.

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.