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Leadville

Producer in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016185
MRDS ID DC00651
Record type Site
Current site name Leadville
Alternate or previous names California, Evans, Empire, Iowa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.21566, 39.34745 (WGS84)
Elevation 3368
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 08S;09S 79W;80W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.21566, 39.34745
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1869-1961

Comments on the production information

  • LAKE COUNTY 1,087,471 T. LEAD; 785,191 T. ZINC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, CSM MIN. IND. BULL., VOL. 6, NO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-72 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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