Molly Grove, Happy Dream

Producer in Grand county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108366
MRDS ID DC05071
Record type Site
Current site name Molly Grove, Happy Dream

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.28124, 39.95243 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01S 79W 19 N2 OF S2 OF S2 OF SW4 OF SW4 OF SE4 OF W2 OF NE4 OF E2 OF NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pierre Shale, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1912

Comments on the production information

  • .25 T.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 223, 1950, P. 71-72

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,62

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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