Revenue

Occurrence in Dolores county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118310
MAS/MILS ID 0080330166
Record type Site
Current site name Revenue
Alternate or previous names San Juan National Forest, Rico Argentine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.01895, 37.69221 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Dolores

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.01895, 37.69221

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 920213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer/Rico

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rico Development Corp.
    ID 500416
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1989

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED IN 1989, ABOUT 830,000 CU FT OF DUMP MATERIAL, SAMPLE # 419-420.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: RICO ARGENTINE

  • Deposit

    UNDERGROUND WORKING FOR RICO ARGENTINE MINE

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS MAP RICO QUAD

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/08/1985
MSHA mine ID0500416
Mine name (MSHA)Rico Complex
Current operatorAnaconda Minerals Company
Current controller (parent)Atlantic Richfield Company
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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