Poverty Hill

Past Producer in La Plata 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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263836
MAS/MILS ID 0080670241
Record type Site
Current site name Poverty Hill
Alternate or previous names Mason Milling & Mining, Gold Coin

Comments on the site names

  • PART OF MASON GROUP. SEE #0080670200

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -107.84734, 37.39141 (WGS84)
Elevation 2407
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hermosa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Durango(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 La Plata

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -107.84734, 37.39141

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 La Plata District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CBM ANN. REPORT 1933

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: ELMER M. & W.A. MASON 1933

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-MAY-92 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.