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Colorado Zinc Company Mine

Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107935
MRDS ID D004866
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Zinc Company Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.09195, 38.21084 (WGS84)
Elevation 2011
Relative position NEAR THE TOWN OF GREENWOOD, ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF WETMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wetmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 21S 69W 22 NE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone And Purgatoire Formation;Fort Hays Limestone Member, Niobrara Formation; Carlile Shale; Greenhorn Limestone; Graneros Shale
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone And Purgatoire Formation;Fort Hays Limestone Member, Niobrara Formation; Carlile Shale; Greenhorn Limestone; Graneros Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.09195, 38.21084
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alternating Synclines And Anticlines, Trending Nw And Plunging To North

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syncline?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WETMORE QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-548, 1:24,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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