The Virginius is a gold mine located in Ouray county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,998 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,998 Feet (3,657 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.9689, -107.77360
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Virginius MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginius
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Ouray
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sunshine Mining And Refining Co.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AS OF 1995, THE MINE REPORTS RESERVES OF 5.1 MILLION OZ OF AG WITH AN ADDITIONAL INDICATED AND INFERRED RESOURCE OF 41 MILLION OZ PLUS BASE METAL VALUES.
Comment (Location): Mine is at 12,000 feet elevation.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF: COLO DIV MINES,SUMM OF MINING IND ACT 1967
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SUNSHINE MINING AND REFINING COMPANY 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P3.
Reference (General): Smith, D.A., 1977, colorado Mining--A photographic history: Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 176 p.
Pages: p. 127, 144.
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, 4-22-94, P.289.
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