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Mountain Lion Mining, Milling and Power Co. Claims

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012936
MRDS ID D008962
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Lion Mining, Milling and Power Co. Claims
Alternate or previous names Mountain Lion, Little Rule, Home, Home Mill Site, Lioness, Cora, Side Line 1 and 2, Cascade, Hallie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.7545, 38.09918 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Within 6-Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N;045N 011E;011E Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE CITED AS BLAKE DISTRICT, BUT SECTION LOCATION IS UNKNOWN, LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER OF COMMON TOWNSHIP LINE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MONTROSE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.7545, 38.09918
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mountain Lion Mining, Milling And Power Co.
    First year 1903

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS OF DEPTHS 150 FT, 75 FT, AND 40 FT; 152-FT TUNNEL, 200 FT OF DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPT. 1903

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 10-JUN-05 Keller, John W. Colorado 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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