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San Juan Chief and Bill Young Mines

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108007
MRDS ID DC00011
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan Chief and Bill Young Mines
Related records 10240030

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -107.47548, 37.95564 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redcloud Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 43N 06W;07W 25,36,30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -107.47548, 37.95564
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1882-1888

Mining district

District name Mineral Point

Comments on the production information

  • $2,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-72 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

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