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Carter-Raymond Mines

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239678
MAS/MILS ID 0080510086
Record type Site
Current site name Carter-Raymond Mines
Alternate or previous names Carter Mine, Chloride Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.59531, 38.6122 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
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

Pitkin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 050 N 003 E 12 NENW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.59531, 38.6122
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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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Timberline Mining Ventures
    ID 500575
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Combined Comanche Joint Ventures
    ID 500575
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCING MINE. SOVEREIGN GOLD COMPANY, LTD. EXPLORED THE AREA BUT CONCLUDED THE PROPERTY WAS NO LONGER VIABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO 1947 GOLD BRICK DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 1980, MSHA INSPECTION DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/24/1986
MSHA mine ID0500575
Mine name (MSHA)Carter
Current operatorAtlas Precious Metals Inc
Current controller (parent)Atlas Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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