Telluride District

Producer in San Miguel county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001023
MRDS ID MP90006
Record type District
Current site name Telluride District
Alternate or previous names Upper San Miguel District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.80064, 37.9169 (WGS84)
Relative position WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telluride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) PROPYLITIC

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.80064, 37.9169

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description NORTHWEST-TRENDING SWARM OF DIKES, FISSURES, AND VEINS RADIATING FROM THE SILVERTON CALDERA FORMING A BELT OF FRACTURE ZONES, RING FAULTS AND DIKES, CONE SHEETS, AND RADIAL DIKE SWARMS.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description PARADOX BASIN OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO (INTRACRATONIC BASIN) TRENDING NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST ELONGATE STRUCTURE.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • TYPES OF WALL ROCK, VEIN INTERSECTIONS, CHARACTER OF FAULT MOVEMENT, PRESENCE OF INTERSECTING DIKES AND FAULTS, AND ABRUPT CHANGES IN STRIKE OR DIP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name TELLURIDE DISTRICT
District name UPPER SAN MIGUEL DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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