Unknown Pits

Occurrence in Jackson county in Colorado, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10288512
MAS/MILS ID 0080570181
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.19092, 40.97307 (WGS84)
Elevation 2963
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012 N 078 W 31 N2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.19092, 40.97307

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS. TARGET WAS COPPER-BEARING PEGMATITES IN GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northgate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:7.5 QUAD MAP;AMS MAP;BLM SUR. MNGT. QUAD

  • Deposit

    MINERAL APPRAISAL OF ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO: USBM

  • Deposit

    OPENFILE REPORT MLA ?-93, SAMPLES 324-326.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-1993 Reynolds U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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