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Navy Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017569
MRDS ID DC03803
Record type Site
Current site name Navy Mine
Alternate or previous names Thomas Williams Claims, H. and M. Williams Claims, Williams
Related records 10167364

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.09338, 39.38249 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position IN MONTE CRISTO GULCH AND N. OF STAR MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 08S 78W 03,04 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.09338, 39.38249
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ GOSSEN VEIN ; GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ GASSEN VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monte Cristo

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF W ORE WAS PRODUCED. GRADE WAS 5-9%.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED ON THE NAVY VEIN. NUMEROUS LARGE PEGMATITES HIGH GRADE ORE-40%.. H. AND M. WILLIAMS HAS A SE STRIKING VEIN.
Deposit THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC04055 AND DC05175. THE THREE RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORDS # DC04055 AND DC05175 WERE DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. 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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