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Ben Butler

Occurrence in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015941
MRDS ID DC00008
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Butler
Related records 10264555

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.58258, 37.95222 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST OF MINERAL POINT AND ABOUT 1200 FT. WEST OF DENVER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 43N 06W 31 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.58258, 37.95222
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE STRIKES N45E, DIPS 70-75 SE, SAME LODE AS RED CLOUD, NARROWS TO 1-2 FT. AND SPLITS INTO STRINGERS ANDOUT 200 IN EITHER DIRECTION FROM SHAFT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946; COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 430-432 AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901: USGS BULL. 182, P. 186

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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