Silver Ledge

Past Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, 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 10119122
MAS/MILS ID 0081110390
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Ledge

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.64284, 37.87691 (WGS84)
Elevation 3261
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(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

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.64284, 37.87691

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 950410

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHIMNEY TYPE DEPOSIT WITH SEVERAL WORKINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph Bradley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS IRONTON QUAD, 7.5 MIN SERIES.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-APR-1995 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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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