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Maid of the Mist

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017368
MRDS ID DC03355
Record type Site
Current site name Maid of the Mist
Related records 10215931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.61953, 37.95556 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(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 26 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.61953, 37.95556
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN STRIKES N30E 70SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MOST WORK BEFORE 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLY, 1946: COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC. VOL. 14, NO. 1, P. 386-388 AND PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901: USGS BULL. 182, P. 193.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST PATENTED LODE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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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