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Granite Mt.

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10016389
MRDS ID DC01137
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Mt.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59367, 38.60972 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position R 3 1/2 E, JONES GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pitkin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(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
New Mexico 50N 03E 12 NE4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59367, 38.60972
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMONITIC QTZ VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Brick

Comments on the production information

  • $90/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD & WORCHESTER, 1916, COLO. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 10, P. 107

  • 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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