Michael Breen Mine

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215446
MAS/MILS ID 0080910152
Record type Site
Current site name Michael Breen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.63504, 37.975 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Ouray

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.63504, 37.975

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: 1974 MINOBRAS

  • Deposit

    REF: USGS CRIB-DC00407 COLO SCI SOC 14-7

  • Deposit

    OPER: DON NORLANDER MINING CO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 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.