| Deposit ID | 10108422 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC05612 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Eagle |
| Alternate or previous names | Eliza Jane, Winning Card |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.86866, 39.62249 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Summit(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Summit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 05S | 76W | 14 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Stromeyerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| (1) | -105.86866, 39.62249 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Montezuma - Geneva Creek |
|---|
| Year | 1884 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ore | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 26.57mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1885 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ore | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 19.68mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC05612 |
LOVERING, T.S., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MONTEZUMA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 178, 119 P. p. 68
LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223, 319 P.
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,65
WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AMEICAN EAGLE = ELIZA JANE |
| 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 |
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