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Grey Burro Mine Adit (UWP-GB-ADT-01) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This mine/mine discharge adit (mine entrance) site, maintained by the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership (Volunteer) (identifier UWP), has the name "Grey Burro Mine Adit" and has the identifier UWP-GB-ADT-01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020006.

This site is located in Ouray County County, Colorado at 37.9648400000 degrees latitude and -107.7453600000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 10783 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "UWP-GB-ADT-01" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
Radiochemical 2017 - 2017
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier UWP
OrganizationFormalName Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UWP-GB-ADT-01
MonitoringLocationName Grey Burro Mine Adit
MonitoringLocationTypeName Mine/Mine Discharge Adit (Mine Entrance)
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Gray Burro Mine Adit near the mouth of Silver Basin
HUCEightDigitCode 14020006
LatitudeMeasure 37.9648400000
LongitudeMeasure -107.7453600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 10783
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET