The American-Nettie is a gold mine located in Ouray county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,400 feet.
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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: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.04605, -107.67195
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American-Nettie MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American-Nettie
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: 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
Not available
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
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): To eliminate duplicate records, Anna Wilson (USGS) merged the data from record 10107796, which should be deleted. Changed the commodities Cu, Pb, Zn, and Ag from trace commodities to minor. Record 10107796 listed them as major. 10107796 said Development Status was Producer, this record calls it a Past Producer.
Comment (Environment): Hydrologic unit code calculated 3-94 using GIS overlay analysis with 1:1000000 (est) scale federal ownership boundaries.
References
Reference (Deposit): MMR: 402635, 404500, 407382
Reference (Deposit): REF: COLO DIV MINES,SUMM OF MINING IND ACT 1958
Reference (Deposit): REF: QUAD
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