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Mt Chief #3

Past Producer in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239569
MAS/MILS ID 0080650297
Record type Site
Current site name Mt Chief #3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.15755, 39.3711 (WGS84)
Elevation 3718
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 50
USGS model code 16
Deposit model name Climax Mo

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.15755, 39.3711
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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 Climax

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

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