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Forest-Payroll Tunnel

Past Producer in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142061
MRDS ID D010768
MAS/MILS ID 0080330073
Record type Site
Current site name Forest-Payroll Tunnel
Alternate or previous names San Juan National Forest
Related records 10014125

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.00955, 37.69641 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Dolores

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.00955, 37.69641
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 920519

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer/Rico

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hicks And Peterson
    Interest 100
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO KNOWN AS FOREST-PAYROLL GROUP TWO CAVED AND ONE LOCKED ADITS IN 1989, THE THREE DUMPS CONTAIN ABOUT 164,000 CUBIC FEET OF MATERIAL, SAMPLE #409- 411

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-1992 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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