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Breene Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108241
MRDS ID DC03555
Record type Site
Current site name Breene Mine
Alternate or previous names Wilfley-Kimberly, Aftermath, Badger, Milo, Whitequail, Delphose, Colonal Sellers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.20061, 39.42971 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ON DIVIDE BETWEEN SEARLE AND KOKOMO GULCHES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 07S 79W 22 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. THIS RECORD IS AN AREA OF MINES. MICHIGAN: 39-25-16N, 106-11-42W; BREENE: 39-24-43N, 106-11-59W; COLONAL SELLERS: 39-25-39N, 106-12-12W AND 39-25-46N, 106-12-18W; CONNORS: 39-25-31N, 106-12-22W; QUAIL: 39-25-47N, 106-12-34W; SNOWBANK GROUP: 39-25-19N, 106-11-58W AND 39-25-21N, 106-11-57W AND 39-25-24N, 106-11-55W; WILFLEY: 39-26-02N, 106-11-52W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tenmile - Kokomo

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IN EMMONS (1898), ADIT AND SHAFT ON (1987) TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF COPPER MOUNTAIN 7 1/2 MINUTE QUAD, SHAFTS ON TENMILE MINING DISTRICT MAP (1942).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WILFLEY INCLUDES AFTERMATH, BADGER, WHITEQUAIL, MILO; QUAIL = AFTERMATH, BADGER, MILO, WHITEQUAIL; WILFLEY = DELPHOSE, COLONAL SELLERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg 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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