Vermillion

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018646
MRDS ID DC05810
Record type Site
Current site name Vermillion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.60064, 37.93668 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(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)

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 42N 07W 01 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Kaolin Ore
Sericite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.60064, 37.93668

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946: COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 445-447 AND PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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.