Van Winkle

Past Producer in Dolores 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214343
MAS/MILS ID 0080330208
Record type Site
Current site name Van Winkle
Alternate or previous names San Juan National Forest

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.03005, 37.69471 (WGS84)
Elevation 2691
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Dolores

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Rico and Hermosa Fms

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 Pioneer/Rico

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rico Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:22ND ANNUAL REPORT USGS 1901

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN REPORT MLA 2-92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN SHAFT WITH HEADFRAME AND OLD BUILDING IN 1989, ABOUT 954,000 FT^3 OF DUMP MATERIAL, SAMPLE # 459-460

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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