1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Twenty Percent Creek

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodity Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016206
MRDS ID DC00687
Record type Site
Current site name Twenty Percent Creek
Related records 10263956

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.76534, 38.99221 (WGS84)
Relative position ON E SLOPE OF TAYLOR PEAK NEAR HEAD OF 20 PERCENT CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 84W 22 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.76534, 38.99221
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONTACT DEPOSIT BETWEEN DIORITE AND LIMESTONE. ORE: MAGNETITE, LIMONITE, PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Taylor Peak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    HARDER, 1908, USGS BULL. 380E, P. 188-198

  • Deposit

    HARRER & TESCH, 1959, USBM IC 7918

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.