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Tower Durant Tunnel and Dump

Unknown in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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 10264657
MAS/MILS ID 0080970004
Record type Site
Current site name Tower Durant Tunnel and Dump

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.75252, 39.19329 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010 S 084 W 10 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.75252, 39.19329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aspen District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Herron Brothers
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MINE MAP REPO #409905 402571 409870 AND OTHERS

  • Deposit

    OPR:THOMAS N TENNANT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2329, DATED 1952. RADIOACTIVITY: 2-3XBG DUMP. RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ PORPHYRY FROM DUM

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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