The Michigan - Uthoff is a lead, zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Summit county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,899 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 10,899 Feet (3,322 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.42111, -106.19500
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Michigan - Uthoff MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Michigan - Uthoff
Secondary: Michigan
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Kokomo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC03556. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC03556 WAS DELETED.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ADDITIONAL LOCATION: 39-25-16N, 106-11-35W
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT IN EMMONS (1898), 2 ADITS SHOWN ON WILSON AND LAROCK MAP, ADIT AND SHAFT ON TENMILE MINING DISTRICT MAP (1942)
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): COLO. GEOL. SOC. PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 15 , NO. 2 , 1946
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1942, TENMILE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (UNCLASSIFIED MAP), SCALE: 1:12,000.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, S.F., 1898, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES - TENMILE DISTRICT SPECIAL FOLIO, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOLIO 48.
Reference (Deposit): CONS. DIV, COMP. DATE 8,65.
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