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Lady Bug Mine

Past Producer in Rio Grande county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gallium, Indium, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240091
MRDS ID D010621
MAS/MILS ID 0081050017
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Bug Mine
Alternate or previous names Lady Bug
Related records 10014016

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.70841, 37.40442 (WGS84)
Elevation 2950

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elwood Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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)

South San Juan Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Rio Grande

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gallium Critical Secondary
Indium Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Ash-flow tuff of main volcanic sequence
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Economic information

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 Crater Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Indicated 495mt ore
    Demonstrated 495mt ore
    Total resources 495mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 60.2 g/mt Silver Major 0
    Lead Pb 2.1 wt-pct Lead Trace 0
    Lead Pb 5.6 wt-pct Lead Trace 0
    Indium In 0.0005 wt-pct Indium Minor 0
    Gallium Ga 0.01 wt-pct Gallium Minor 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:COLO BU OF MINES 1971 SUM REF: TOPO MAP

  • Deposit

    OP:AZTEC INDUSTRIES,1971

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA SAMPLES 1648-1666

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METAL-BEARING VEIN EMPLACED ALONG A FRACTURE ZONE. THE VEIN STRIKES NE AND DIPS STEEPLY SE. THE VEIN EXHIBITS RAPID CHANGES IN METAL CONCENTRATION BOTH VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY.

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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.