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Green Mountain Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108013
MRDS ID DC00038
Record type Site
Current site name Green Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.56896, 37.79112 (WGS84)
Relative position CUNNINGHAM GULCH, 2 MILES FROM HOWARDSVILLE

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 19 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.56896, 37.79112
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN - N45W ZONE OFFSET BY NORMAL STEP FAULTS DOWN TO WEST AND TO SOUTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years POST 1943: 70-80 TONS/DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE

  • 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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