Tungsten Shaft

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper
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 10108108
MRDS ID DC01225
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.48894, 38.69222 (WGS84)
Elevation 3604
Relative position 1400 FT. SW OF IDA MAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland Pass(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
New Mexico 51N 04E 11 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.48894, 38.69222

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 2-4 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, 1943, USGS MIN. INVEST. OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 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.