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Early Bird

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, 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. 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 10018417
MRDS ID DC05409
Record type Site
Current site name Early Bird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.58397, 37.94583 (WGS84)
Relative position N SIDE OF HOUGHTON MTN., OPPOSITE LONDON MINE

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)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

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 36 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.58397, 37.94583
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN - STRIKES N12E, DIPS 7SE, SMALL, IRREGULAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 11 CARLOADS OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946 : COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 434 - 436 AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901 : USGS BULL. 182, P. 189

  • 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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