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Free Gold

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017353
MRDS ID DC03326
Record type Site
Current site name Free Gold
Related records 10288902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.6312, 37.95306 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(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)

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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 43N 07W 34 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.6312, 37.95306
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN-NE STRIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTS WERE BEING DEVELOPED IN 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946; COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 399 AND PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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