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Silver Ledge

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108454
MRDS ID DC05830
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Ledge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.6237, 37.86334 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MILES N OF SILVERTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 42N 07W 27 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.6237, 37.86334
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN CONTAINS PERSISTANT BUT NARROW HUBNERITE ZONE. 300 FT. WITHIN OCCIDENTAL TUNNEL. 2000 FT OF DRILLING REPORTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF COLO. MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO., P. 68.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRIMARLY A GOLD MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. 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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