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Poughkeepsie

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Bismuth
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017773
MRDS ID DC04243
Record type Site
Current site name Poughkeepsie
Related records 10240455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.62564, 37.94028 (WGS84)
Relative position E SIDE OF POUGHKEEPSIE GULCH .5 MILES S. OF THE ALABAMA MINE

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 42N 07W 10 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bismuth Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.62564, 37.94028
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN - N 62 E VERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • $12,000 UP TO 1900.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182, P. 194.

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946; COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 396-398 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
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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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