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Wyandotte Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118470
MAS/MILS ID 0080930020
Record type Site
Current site name Wyandotte Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.13, 39.33559 (WGS84)
Elevation 3782

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008 S 078 W 20 SE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.13, 39.33559
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alma District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOURCE OF INFORMATION: U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR 294, 1953, RESULTS

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN PARTS OF THE ALMA

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, COLO.

  • Deposit

    REF:BUR.MINES PROPERTY FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY WAS REPORTED TO BE 1.7-3 TIMES BACKG AND NO URANIUM MINERALS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE USGS REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-MAY-1993 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.