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Erickson

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018635
MRDS ID DC05795
Record type Site
Current site name Erickson
Related records 10119108

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.91449, 39.5561 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 7 MILE N. UP KEYSTONE GULCH FROM KEYSTONE, COLO

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 76W 05 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.91449, 39.5561
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tear Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keystone Area

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 57 TONS PB ORE PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 125 FT, ADIT 250 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS 18 INCHES OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE. GALENA CONTAINS 25 OZ/TON AG.

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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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