Minnesota

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018296
MRDS ID DC05174
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota
Alternate or previous names Mcbarnes, Bevan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.99418, 39.52214 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(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 06S;07S 77W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.99418, 39.52214

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1869 - 1961

Mining district

District name Breckenridge

Comments on the production information

  • SUMMIT CO. 105,372 T. PB; 127,181 T. ZN. WELLINGTON MINE (1963) 140T. PER DAY, AUG. 9% PB AND 12% ZN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1963; COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MIN. IND. BULL. VOL. 6, NO. 6

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.