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Bobtail Mine

Past Producer in Grand county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239183
MAS/MILS ID 0080490005
Record type Site
Current site name Bobtail Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.9059, 39.76079 (WGS84)
Elevation 3170
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byers Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Grand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.9059, 39.76079
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN HOSTED IN SILVER PLUME GRANITE. CAVED ADIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:BLM SURFACE QUAD NW-17

  • Deposit

    USBM OPENFILE REPORT MLA 67-83.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL APPRAISAL OF ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO: USBM

  • Deposit

    OPENFILE REPORT MLA ?-93, SAMPLES 453-454.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-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.

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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.