Lead Bullet Prospect

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108053
MRDS ID DC00727
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Bullet Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -107.10496, 39.00199 (WGS84)
Elevation 3673
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowmass Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(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)

Raggeds Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 87W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -107.10496, 39.00199

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ASSOC. GALENA, PYRITE, SILVER, FLUORITE, CALCITE, QTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marble

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL IN EARLY DAYS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1937, USGS BULL. 884, PG 134

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-72 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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