Forest Hill Park Vein

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009411
MRDS ID D002377
Record type Site
Current site name Forest Hill Park Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.63392, 38.91667 (WGS84)
Elevation 3273

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guffey NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013S 083W 13,15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.63392, 38.91667

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Taylor River

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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