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Sterling Group

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Bismuth
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014685
MRDS ID D011574
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Group
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Sterling, MS 6267, Nellie, G., MS 6267, Conalon, MS 6267, Dolphin, MS 6267, Unpatented Claims: Sterling Extension Nos. 1-2, Conalon Extension No. 1, Dolphin Extension Nos. 1-2, Midnight No. 1, Sleeper No. 1, Sunday Nos. 1-4, Sunday Extension Nos. 1-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.49869, 37.88445 (WGS84)
Elevation 3536
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 14.1 MILES S 46 W FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redcloud Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(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 Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 006W 22,23 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, BUT CLAIMS LIE ON STEEP HILLSIDE NORTH OF SNARE CREEK 0.5 TO 1.0 MILE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH CUBA GULCH AND COTTONWOOD CREEK. CLAIMS EXTEND WESTWARD ONTO HANDIES PEAK (1955) QUAD. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX MIDPOINT OF CLAIM GROUP IN NW SEC. 23. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Aphanitic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Rhyolite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Aphanitic Andesite Of Pyroxene Andesite Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Rhyolite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.49869, 37.88445
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sherman District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner 32-36 Development Co.
    Home office Lake City, CO
    First year 1970
  • Type Owner
    Owner James Wells
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OLD SHAFTS 12 AND 110 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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