Mt Morriah Mining Co

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134523
MAS/MILS ID 0081050022
Record type Site
Current site name Mt Morriah Mining Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.70671, 37.42502 (WGS84)
Elevation 3243

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elwood Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 Rio Grande

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.70671, 37.42502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crater Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB,DC02701;TOPO MAP

  • Deposit

    OWN:W P GOOD & W H PENCE,1947

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINE OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA SAMPLES 1637-1640

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-1992 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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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