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Eureka, Whiton

Prospect in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Manganese, Zinc
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191364
MRDS ID D010711
MAS/MILS ID 0080670002
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka, Whiton
Alternate or previous names Needle Mountain
Related records 60000375

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.54563, 37.62811 (WGS84)
Elevation 3353

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Storm King Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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)

Weminuche Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 039 N 006 W 20 SESESE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.54563, 37.62811
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dan Cason And Others
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: L.T. BRITT, IGNACIO 1948

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Unknown 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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