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Silver Lake

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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 10108409
MRDS ID DC05545
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lake
Related records 10192153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.60897, 37.79112 (WGS84)
Relative position W EDGE SILVER LAKE

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 27 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ELEV. 12300 FT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.60897, 37.79112
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOW GRADE ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1891

Mining district

District name Silver Lake Basin

Comments on the production information

  • $254,908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS. BULL. 182 P. 149-156.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES L.A.S., EGS, ROYAL, STELZNER, AND NEW YORK LODES

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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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