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Copper site, status unknown · Montrose County, Colorado

UnknownCopperUndergroundUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
SHAFTORE · COPPERLEVELSHEADFRAMESECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as an underground mine, reached by a shaft or tunnel and worked along the ore. The ore color stands for copper. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateColorado
CountyMontrose
Coordinates38.40939, -108.96208

Commodities

PrimaryCopper
TertiarySilver, Zinc

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeUnderground
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10304887
This siteNearby records

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Nearest Recorded Sites

SiteDistanceCommodityStatus
Unknown near La Sal, UT0.2 miUraniumProducer
Red Hill Group1.0 miPast Producer
Hot Dog1.2 miUraniumPast Producer
Last Chance No. 41.3 miUraniumPast Producer
Little Fawn #11.3 miUraniumProducer
West Paradox1.4 miUranium, VanadiumProducer
Buckhorn #31.4 miUraniumPast Producer
Buckhorn Shaft #21.4 miUraniumPast Producer
Buckhorn #41.4 miUraniumPast Producer
Mobile Hpsa Remediation Equipment1.5 miUranium OreActive
Unknown near La Sal, UT1.5 miUranium, VanadiumProducer
Unknown near La Sal, UT1.5 miUranium, CopperOccurrence

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