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Telluride

Past Producer in San Miguel county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Tin
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038075
MRDS ID M045349
Record type Site
Current site name Telluride
Alternate or previous names Upper San Miguel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.78953, 37.93167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position 36 MI SOUTHWEST OF MONTROSE ON SAN MIGUEL RIVER NEAR TELLURIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telluride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N;042N 008W;009W Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN UNCOMPAHGRE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 1 MI EAST OF TELLURIDE AT MOUTH OF ROYER GULCH BETWEEN TWO TAILINGS PILES SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $7.65/TON (0.082 OZ/TON, 2.8 PPM) AU, $2.70/TON (0.02 OZ/TON, 690 PPB) PT CONCENTRATE - CONCENTRATION 1 LB/3 YD GRAVEL. AU:PT=4:1 APPROX.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.78953, 37.93167
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS NEAR VOLCANIC ROCKS OF SILVERTON CALDERA. BEDROCK IS PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PGM PROD NOT VERIFIED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VANDERWILT REFERENCE DESCRIBES LODE DEPOSITS OF AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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