Gold Prince

Past Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10289152
MAS/MILS ID 0081110003
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prince

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.60754, 37.90441 (WGS84)
Elevation 3962

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(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
St. Stephens 042 N 007 W 14 C N2N2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.60754, 37.90441

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 1341M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Strike And Dip S04E:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2163
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 810715

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963

Mining district

District name Sunnyside

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUL-1981 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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