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Lead Carbonate

Unknown in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Uranium, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240085
MRDS ID DC05831
MAS/MILS ID 0081110165
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Carbonate
Related records 10018661

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.63894, 37.89281 (WGS84)
Elevation 3629

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042 N 007 W 22 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.63894, 37.89281
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Erlinger, Manager, Silverton, Colo.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS CRIB

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY IS REPORTED TO BE 5000 TIMES BACKGROUND MINE LOCATED: NORTH FROM SILVERTON, PAST MILL SITE AT GLADST FORK, TAKE LEFT. LOCATED ABOVE NORTH FORK, CEMENT CREE DATA FROM PRR 2392, EXAMINED IN 1953. THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS FOR THE AREA IS HANDIES PEAK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom 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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