Brooklyn Mine

Occurrence in San Juan 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167258
MAS/MILS ID 0081110020
Record type Site
Current site name Brooklyn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.71534, 37.86061 (WGS84)
Elevation 3475
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(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)

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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042 N 008 W 02 E2 Colorado

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.71534, 37.86061

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHEAST-TRENDING VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alpha Energy Gold
    ID 502944
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brooklyn Mining Co.
    ID 502944
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABULATIONS 1973 PROD 24 TR OZ AU,4 TR

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 4-80 USING MSHA

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-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 08/16/1985
MSHA mine ID0502944
Mine name (MSHA)Brooklyn Mine
Current operatorBrooklyn Mining Company
Current controller (parent)White Wilbur
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

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