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George Washington Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014689
MRDS ID D011571
Record type Site
Current site name George Washington Group
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: George Washington, MS 312, No. 2 Ruby, MS 2637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.4348, 37.87807 (WGS84)
Elevation 3475
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 12.3 MILES S 32 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 005W 20,21,29 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, BUT CLAIMS LIE ACROSS CATARACT GULCH ABOUT 1.4 TO 1.6 MILES SOUTH OF CONFLUENCE WITH COTTONWOOD CREEK ON NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POSSIBLE WORKINGS DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION, NEAR BASE OF SLOPE ON EAST SIDE OF CATARACT GULCH IN SE SE SEC. 20. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN ORE REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 1 OZ/TON AU AND 148 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.4348, 37.87807
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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, Lake City Caldera

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

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 Roy Van Houten And Others
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1932
  • Type Owner
    Owner Coburn (Estate)
    Home office Boston, Ma.
    First year 1932

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER TUNNEL IS 80-FT DRIFT DRIVEN GENERALLY NE; SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH LIES 40 FT SW OF AND 30 FT LOWER THAN UPPER TUNNEL; LOWER TUNNEL IS 200-FT DRIFT DRIVEN GENERALLY NE AND LOCATED 200 FT SW OF AND 100 FT BELOW UPPER TUNNEL. TWO OTHER SHORT TUNNELS (ABOUT 50 FT IN EXTENT) AND OPEN CUTS.

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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