Endless Chain

Past Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Limestone, Dimension
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167378
MAS/MILS ID 0081110147
Record type Site
Current site name Endless Chain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.56004, 37.88111 (WGS84)
Elevation 3292
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(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)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Limestone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.56004, 37.88111

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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