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Big Giant

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10018501
MRDS ID DC05565
Record type Site
Current site name Big Giant
Related records 10215735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.60536, 37.81112 (WGS84)
Relative position AT TIMBERLINE IN BIG GIANT GULCH, BELOW LITTLE GIANT BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(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 41N 07W 14 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.60536, 37.81112
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRINGER LOAD DIPS 75-80 DEGREES SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF CU-AG-PB ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182 P. 166.

  • 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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