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Bay City Mine

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  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 10263717
MRDS ID D010802
MAS/MILS ID 0080670028
Record type Site
Current site name Bay City Mine
Alternate or previous names Bay City
Related records 10014152

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.07925, 37.36471 (WGS84)
Elevation 2694
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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.07925, 37.36471
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 920528

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2-TO 3-FT THICK BED DIPS 15DEG SOUTHWEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CBM ANN. REPORT 1934

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: BAY CITY GOLD MINES, 1934

  • Deposit

    BOM OPENFILE RPT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUL-1992 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.

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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.