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British Queen

Occurrence in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10015942
MRDS ID DC00009
Record type Site
Current site name British Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.58675, 37.96 (WGS84)

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)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(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 30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.58675, 37.96
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOAD STRIKES N60E, DIPS 80-90 SE

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. 428 AND PL. 1

  • 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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