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Whopper Lode

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016230
MRDS ID DC00728
Record type Site
Current site name Whopper Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.06202, 39.03527 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI. BELOW SCHOFIELD PARK, ELEV. 10,300 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowmass Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(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 87W 01 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.06202, 39.03527
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault (Whopper)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ASSOC.: SPHALERITE, GALENA; CHALCOPYRITE, TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE, QTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marble

Comments on the production information

  • NOT LARGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1937, USGS BULL 884, P. 145

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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