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Turquoise Chief, Poor Boy

Producer in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium, Gemstone
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10108048
MRDS ID DC00663
Record type Site
Current site name Turquoise Chief, Poor Boy
Related records 10166865

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.37533, 39.28832 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestake Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 09S 80W 06,07 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WERE APPROXIMATED USING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S GGWL (GEOGRAPHIC WELL LOCATOR) PROGRAM FOR THE FOOTAGE CALL: T09S R80W SECTION 06, 0010 FT S, 2640 FT E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Primary
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.37533, 39.28832
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Kevin

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARL, 1958, COLO. GEM TRAILS AND MIN. GUIDE

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1114, 1961, P. 341, 342

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 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

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