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Twin Mountain

Occurrence in Routt county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10240086
MRDS ID DC01367
MAS/MILS ID 0081070179
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Mountain
Related records 10016511

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -106.92504, 40.86357 (WGS84)
Elevation 2786
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Routt(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hahns Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Routt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -106.92504, 40.86357
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS, AND INACCESSIBLE ADITS AND SHAFTS ARE NEAR THE CONTACTS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, PORPHYRY, AND THE KING SOLOMON FAULT. NO VISIBLE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hahns Peak

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Neubert, J. T., 1994, Mineral appraisal of Routt National Forest, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 13-94, 64 p., appendicies. (Samples 94-96)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1993 Neubert, John T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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