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Caledonia

Unknown in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Sulfur, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288120
MAS/MILS ID 0080330050
Record type Site
Current site name Caledonia
Alternate or previous names Rico

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.08845, 37.71421 (WGS84)
Elevation 3410
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 Dolores

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 040 N 011 W 21 NWSW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.08845, 37.71421
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY HORNBLENDE-LATITE PORPHYRY INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rico

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT U.S.G.S. 1901

  • Deposit

    NEUBERT, J.T., 1992, MINERAL APPRASIAL OF SAN JUAN NATIONAL

  • Deposit

    FOREST, CO: U.S.BURTEAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT

  • Deposit

    OPEN-FILE REPORT 2-92 (SAMPLE 91)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-1992 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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