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Pershing Mine

Prospect in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118924
MRDS ID D008049
MAS/MILS ID 0081090003
Record type Site
Current site name Pershing Mine
Alternate or previous names Saguache Manganese Mine #334
Related records 10012428

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.10559, 38.24811 (WGS84)
Elevation 7957

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graveyard Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046 N 008 E 08 SESE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.10559, 38.24811
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Express Headlight Mining Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS OCT 1976 FILE

  • Deposit

    402580, 402587 MAP REPO #

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE OWN: MACKENZIE ESTATE

  • Deposit

    REF: BLM QUAD SW-11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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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.