Fraction

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166460
MAS/MILS ID 0080670343
Record type Site
Current site name Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.03705, 37.39421 (WGS84)
Elevation 3292
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 La Plata

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.03705, 37.39421

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADITS ARE DRIVEN IN A NORTHEAST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE, WHICH EXTENDS FROM BRAGDON RIDGE TO BAKER PEAK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1992 Unknown 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.