Breadwinner

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091079
MRDS ID DC01080
Record type Site
Current site name Breadwinner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.37592, 38.53667 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

X Lazy F Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 05W 02 NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.37592, 38.53667

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tomichi

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSAYED 37.7 PERCENT ZN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS & ROBINSON, 1957, USGS P.P. 289, P. 79

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

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.