Dividend adit

Prospect in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Tellurium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311061
Record type Site
Current site name Dividend adit
Alternate or previous names Courthouse vein, Eagle Plume adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.4839, 37.58641 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Comments on the location information

  • Adit is on the north side of Blanca Peak, within 1 mile NNE of Blanca Peak, in sec. 30, T 28 S, R 72 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.4839, 37.58641

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blanca District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ellis, C.E., Hannigan, B.J., and Thompson, J.R., 1983, Mineral investigation of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Study Area, Alamosa, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, and Saguache Counties, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 65-83, 190 p.

  • Deposit

    Scott, D. C., 1986, Gold, silver, and tungsten resources of the Courthouse vein system, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Study Area, Alamosa and Huerfano counties, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 52-86, 28 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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