Cole Mine

Producer in Routt county in Colorado, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016963
MRDS ID DC02556
Record type Site
Current site name Cole Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.67452, 39.92776 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Routt(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(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 Routt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01S 83W 34 SE4 OF NW4 OF NW4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WERE APPROXIMATED USING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S GGWL (GEOGRAPHIC WELL LOCATOR) PROGRAM FOR THE FOOTAGE CALL: T01S R83W SECTION 34, 2640 FT N, 2640 FT E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.67452, 39.92776

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIPS 6-10 DEG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1917

Mining district

District name Yarmany

Comments on the production information

  • 1 CARLOAD COPPER PLATES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSA VOL. 60, NO. 8, 1949, P. 1244

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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