West Mancos River Placers

Past Producer in Montezuma county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166953
MRDS ID D010863
MAS/MILS ID 0080830122
Record type Site
Current site name West Mancos River Placers
Related records 10014196

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.23485, 37.34671 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mancos(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montezuma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.23485, 37.34671

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB NO. DC03629

  • Deposit

    ALSO SECTION 36

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-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.