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Star

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. 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 10108059
MRDS ID DC00755
Record type Site
Current site name Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.72812, 38.94888 (WGS84)
Relative position IN STAR BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Italian Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 13S 84W 01 NW4 OF NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.72812, 38.94888
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OXIDE ZONE MINED FOR LEAD AND SILVER CERUSSITE ORE MINERAL. ASSOC: GALENA AND SPHALERITE. HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT IN BRECCIA ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dorchester

Comments on the production information

  • CURRENTLY FOR PB-AG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATHER, 1961, CU MSC. THESIS, P. 46

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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