| Deposit ID | 10142956 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE00883 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0081170174 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ten Mile Tunnel |
| Alternate or previous names | Tenmile Shaft |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.19728, 39.40888 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3353 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Summit(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blue(hydrologic unit)
Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
White River National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Summit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 007 S | 079 W | 26 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.19728, 39.40888 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tenmile - Kokomo |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Climax Molybdenum Co., Division Of American Metal Climax Inc. (Amax) |
| ID | 502255 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1980 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081170174 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE00883 | MAS references MRDS |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 0502255 |
MSHA UPDATE 4-80
USGS Geol. Atlas Folio 48, 1898
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 31-DEC-1996 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 15-AUG-0007 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 08/13/2014 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 0502255 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Climax Ten Mile Tunnel |
| Current operator | Climax Molybdenum Company |
| Current controller (parent) | Freeport-McMoRan Inc |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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