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Virginius

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118102
MAS/MILS ID 0080910370
Record type Site
Current site name Virginius

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.77424, 37.9689 (WGS84)
Elevation 3657
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telluride(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

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Ouray

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is at 12,000 feet elevation.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.77424, 37.9689
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining And Refining Co.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
    First year 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF 1995, THE MINE REPORTS RESERVES OF 5.1 MILLION OZ OF AG WITH AN ADDITIONAL INDICATED AND INFERRED RESOURCE OF 41 MILLION OZ PLUS BASE METAL VALUES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SUNSHINE MINING AND REFINING COMPANY 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P3.

  • General

    Smith, D.A., 1977, colorado Mining--A photographic history: Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 176 p.

  • Deposit

    REF: COLO DIV MINES,SUMM OF MINING IND ACT 1967

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 4-22-94, P.289.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-96 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 05-JAN-12 Wilson, Anna B 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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