Colorado Gulch

Plant in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240718
MRDS ID W013661
MAS/MILS ID 0160130029
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Gulch
Alternate or previous names Magdalena, Atlantis
Related records 10097430

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.3265, 43.48379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001 N 018 E 21 SENWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.3265, 43.48379

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1989
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Atlantis Mining And Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
    First year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON A.L.1950 IDA BMGEOL PAM 90 P24

  • Deposit

    RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1988.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO DEPT. OF HEALTH AND WELFARE. MINE FILES. REVIEWED IN

  • Deposit

    1989, TWIN FALLS, ID.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P33.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit START-UP 1989.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.