Green Mountain Deposit

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013033
MRDS ID D009107
Record type Site
Current site name Green Mountain Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.39363, 38.19001 (WGS84)
Elevation 2403
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 5.5 MILES N 41 E OF WESTCLIFFE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcliffe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021S 072W 26 SE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG JOHNSON GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Rhyolitic Volcanic Ash Of Johnson Gulch
    Rock description Rhyolitic Volcanic Ash Of Johnson Gulch
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.39363, 38.19001

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver-Cliff, Rosita Volcanic Centers, Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Johnson Gulch Cauldron, Johnson Gulch Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Johnson Gulch Cauldron

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Cliff District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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