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Marion Bell group

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311055
Record type Site
Current site name Marion Bell group
Alternate or previous names Marian Belle, Frederick Development claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.25867, 39.05166 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Comments on the location information

  • A group of 8 mining claims (patented and unpatented), about 1/2 mile NE of Granite, mostly in the NE/4 sec. 31, T 11 S, R 79 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Sample analyses by a major mining company indicated high values of gold and silver in selected samples. (Sunshine files, 1982)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Granite District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

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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