| Deposit ID | 10240498 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 81170137 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peruvian Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.79917, 39.61373 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3584 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | Adit labeled on topo. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Summit(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blue(hydrologic unit)
Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
White River National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Summit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 005S | 075W | 16 | SW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Main Entrance (1) | -105.79917, 39.61373 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Production years | 1881, 1888, 1890, 1914, 1915 |
| District name | Montezuma - Geneva Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Year | 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1881, 88, 90, 1914-15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 492.1mt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 81170137 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC05607 | included in combined record for 3 mines, newMRDS 10108420, which has been deleted. |
REF: MONTEZUMA 7.5" QUAD
LOVERING, T.S., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MONTEZUMA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 178, P. 95-96.
WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-17 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2007-08-07 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-10-22 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | minor edits. changed importance of commodities. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.