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Smuggler/Almont

Past Producer in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142606
MRDS ID D010910
MAS/MILS ID 0080330183
Record type Site
Current site name Smuggler/Almont
Alternate or previous names Smuggler, Smuggler Almont
Related records 10014233

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.06755, 37.68581 (WGS84)
Elevation 2791
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Dolores

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 040 N 011 W 05 NW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.06755, 37.68581
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 920622

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ-MONZONITYE PORPHYRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dunton

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1973 REF: MESA MET-NONMET FILE

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: HAMILTON RESOURCES CORP.

  • Deposit

    NEUBERT, J.T., 1992, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF SAN JUAN NATIONAL

  • Deposit

    FOREST, CO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT

  • Deposit

    OPEN-FILE REPORT 2-92 (SAMPLE 36-44)

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP DOLORES PEAK QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-1992 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

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