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Silver Spruce Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190809
MAS/MILS ID 0080510304
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Spruce Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.01373, 39.01719 (WGS84)
Elevation 3606
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowmass Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.01373, 39.01719
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crystal River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS SNOWMASS MTN QUAD

  • Deposit

    REF:MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS

  • Deposit

    WILDERNESS, GUNNISON AND PITKIN COUNTIES, COLORADO, 1984

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 23-84, P.29-30.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAY-1993 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

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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.