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North Star

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108407
MRDS ID DC05536
Record type Site
Current site name North Star
Alternate or previous names King Soloman
Related records 10240125

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.59786, 37.79584 (WGS84)
Relative position LITTLE GIANT PEAK, NE OF SILVER LAKE BASIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 41N 07W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.59786, 37.79584
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN - N48W STEEPLY NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1883-?

Comments on the production information

  • $1,200,000 TOTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182, P. 163-165.

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT - COLLINS MINING ENG. REPORTS NO 445: CSM LIBRARY MAP ROOM

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

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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