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Uncompahgre District

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Barium-Barite
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  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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000278
MRDS ID D001976
Record type District
Current site name Uncompahgre District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.66754, 38.0419 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ouray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Ouray

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description LATE PALEOZOIC AND LATE MESOZOIC/EARLY TERTIARY FOLDING AND FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1874

Mining district

District name UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D. E., 1962, ANTIMONY IN U.S.: USGS MR - 20

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 MILLER, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 28-JUL-1995 SACHIKO TANIKAWA U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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