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Green Mountain

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015955
MRDS ID DC00031
Record type Site
Current site name Green Mountain
Related records 10216249

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.57564, 37.80001 (WGS84)
Relative position E. SIDE CUNNINGHAM GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 41N 06W 06 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ELEV. 10,400 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.57564, 37.80001
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN - N38W 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • $100,000 TOTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, U.S.G.S. BULL. 182, P. 168.

  • Deposit

    HAGEN, 1951, C.S.M. MASTER THESIS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9, 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 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

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