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Sheep Mt. Tunnel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108187
MRDS ID DC02897
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Mt. Tunnel
Related records 10142676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.11757, 39.04971 (WGS84)
Relative position W. OF CRYSTAL ON N SIDE OF HWY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 11S 87W 33 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Minturn and Belden Fms
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED BEDS IN QUARTZITE & HORNFELS. ASSOC: SPHALERITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, 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

  • FAIR TONNAGE, LOW GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1937, USGS BULL 884, P 123

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 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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