Sunshine Mine Grandview

Producer in Garfield county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107847
MRDS ID D002928
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Mine Grandview

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74233, 39.73331 (WGS84)
Elevation 2250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rifle Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenwood Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters-Plateau(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004S 092W 15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74233, 39.73331

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carbonate

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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