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American Flats-Eng. Mtn. Dist.

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015943
MRDS ID DC00010
Record type Site
Current site name American Flats-Eng. Mtn. Dist.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -107.5219, 37.97347 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 43N 06W;07W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -107.5219, 37.97347
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Point, Poughkeepsie, American Flats-Engineer Mtn., Upper Uncompahgre

Comments on the production information

  • PAST TOTAL FOR FRANK HOUGH MINE, OVER $300,000, PRESENT NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAMINATIONS FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-72 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.