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Frank Hough Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142159
MRDS ID D011608
MAS/MILS ID 0080530042
Record type Site
Current site name Frank Hough Mine
Related records 10014717

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.58454, 37.9728 (WGS84)
Elevation 3901
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.58454, 37.9728
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: COLO DIV MINES,SUMM OF MINING IND ACT 1955 & 1960

  • Deposit

    REF: QUAD OP: GOLDEN CYCLE CORP

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS PROF PAPER 535 PRODUCED APPROX $600,000 G

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.