Park District

Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Gemstone, Zinc, Bismuth, Antimony, Manganese, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000390
MRDS ID D011660
Record type District
Current site name Park District
Alternate or previous names Whitecross District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.49873, 37.94311 (WGS84)
Relative position DISTRICT LIES IN HEADWATERS OF LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER, EXTENDING WESTWARD TO HINSDALE-SAN JUAN COUNTY LINE, NW TO WOOD MOUNTAIN AND ARETE BETWEEN CLEVELAND GULCH AND HORSEHOE AND SCHAFER BASINS, NE TO HEADS OF COOPER AND SILVER CREEKS, AND SE DOWN LAKE FORK NEARLY TO CONFLUENCE WITH COTTONWOOD CREEK AND SHERMAN DISTRICT. PROMINENT LANDMARKS INCLUDE SUNSHINE PEAK, REDCLOUD PEAK, WHITECOSS MOUNTAIN, BURROWS PARK, HANDIES PEAK, EDITH MOUNTAIN, AMERICAN BASIN, WOOD MOUNTAIN, CINNAMON MOUNTAIN, AND JONES MOUNTAIN. DISTRICT EXTENDS WESTWARD ONTO HANDIES PEAK (1955) QUAD. DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE VIA ROAD UP LAKE FORK SOUTH AND WEST FROM LAKE CITY; VIA ROAD NORTH FROM SILVERTON, UP ANIMAS RIVER AND CINNAMON CREEK, AND OVER CINNAMON PASS; VIA PACK TRAIL UP GROUSE GULCH FROM ANIMAS RIVER, OVER UNNAMED PASS, INTO AMERICAN BASIN. SECTIONS LISTED (UNSURVEYED) INCLUDE THOSE CONTAINING PATENTED CLAIMS. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR OLD TOWNSITE OF WHITECROSS AT NORTH BASE OF WHITECROSS MTN ON LAKE FORK AT BURROWS PARK, IN S2 SE NW SEC. 35, T43N, R6W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST : 1977

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redcloud Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Gemstone Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.49873, 37.94311

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name CALDERA
Structure description SAN JUAN-UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERAS, LAKE CITY CALDERA, SILVERTON CALDERA, EUREKA GRABEN
Type of structure Regional
Structure description SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, SAN JUAN DEPRESSION

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1974

Mining district

District name PARK DISTRICT
District name WHITECROSS DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner HUBERT L. GREENBACK
    Home office VALLEY CENTER, KS
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner RESERVE MINERAL CORP.
    Home office COLORADO SPRINGS
    Year 1976

Reference information

Beyond USGS

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