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Swiss Boy Dump

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  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 10190450
MRDS ID DC04928
MAS/MILS ID 0080150020
Record type Site
Current site name Swiss Boy Dump
Related records 10018130

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.43891, 38.98919 (WGS84)
Elevation 3353
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012 S 081 W 22 SW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Glacial drift
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Calaway And Partners
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAPMAN LDVLE RPT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR 1567&1540 10/1952 RA 100 MINE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR GOLD-SILVER & LEAD AROUND 1900 ASSAYS: SMPL 1: 2.99%U308; SMPL 2: 15.22OZ/TON AG, 0.11%PB,T

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom 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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