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Alaska

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108449
MRDS ID DC05798
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska
Related records 10288721

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.63258, 37.93056 (WGS84)
Relative position AT ENTRANCE TO ALASKA BASIN, 3,500 FT. NW OF LAKE COMO, ELEV. 12405 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(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 42N 07W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.63258, 37.93056
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN - N75E 75-80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1870-1880

Comments on the production information

  • $90,000 TOTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 405 AND PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182, P. 195.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALASKAITE, A LEAD - SILVER BISMUTH SULFO - SALT. CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 3,000 OZ. SILVER PER TON.

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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