Creede District

Unknown in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400552
Record type District
Current site name Creede District
Alternate or previous names Creede

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.92615, 37.84912 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Creede(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Mineral

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.92615, 37.84912

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    Hard Copy Files 1919.

  • Deposit

    Smith, D.A., 1977, Colorado Mining--A photographic history: Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 176 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 06-FEB-11 G Dubas U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 16-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Added District to name. Record needs much information. Added Homestake's Bull Dog operation as being included in the district.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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