Monte Cristo Gulch Deposits

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, 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. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000016
MRDS ID D001074
Record type District
Current site name Monte Cristo Gulch Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.1006, 39.38329 (WGS84)
Relative position THIS IS AN AREA OF MINES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Summit

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.1006, 39.38329

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 16-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Changed mines included in area from previous to contains.

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.