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Lead King Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263867
MRDS ID DC03400
MAS/MILS ID 0080510205
Record type Site
Current site name Lead King Mine
Related records 10017389

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.08813, 39.07249 (WGS84)
Elevation 2914
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowmass Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.08813, 39.07249
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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
Discovery year 1902

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MINOBRAS 1974

  • Deposit

    REF:MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS

  • Deposit

    WILDERNESS, GUNNISON AND PITKIN COUNTIES, COLORADO

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 23-84, 1984, P. 24-25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD KING MINE WAS ACCESSIBLE, MAPPED, AND SAMPLED IN 1975 AS PART OF THE MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS WILDERNESS STUDY, BUR. MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 23-84.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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