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Sambo

Past Producer in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. 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 10214735
MRDS ID D010787
MAS/MILS ID 0080330175
Record type Site
Current site name Sambo
Alternate or previous names San Juan National Forest
Related records 10014140

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.03735, 37.70751 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Location accuracy 10(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 26 NENE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.03735, 37.70751
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 920521

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 Pioneer/Rico

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT, ABOUT 3,600 FT^3 OF DUMP MATERIAL, SAMPLE # 478

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1974

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: DAVE BAKER

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAY-1992 Wood 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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