Ute Trail Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013205
MRDS ID D009380
Record type Site
Current site name Ute Trail Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Cayuse, Tepee, Pappoose, Ute Squaw, Tom Tom, Ute Warrior, Ute Trail, Medicine Man, Shavano, Ute Buck, Wigwam, Ute Chief, Ouray

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.04784, 38.34389 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 15 MILES S 27 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powderhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N 002W 12 N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF WILLOW CREEK 2.5 MILES WSW OF VULCAN AND 0.3 MILE DUE EAST OF MIDWAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • METALS AND ORE MINERALS LISTED ARE BASED ON GENERAL DISTRICT OCCURRENCES; ALL ARE NOT NECESSARILY PRESENT AT THIS SITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Quartz Vein
    Rock description Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Quartz Vein
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dubois Greenstone-Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Granite Of Tolvar Peak
    Rock description Dubois Greenstone-Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Granite Of Tolvar Peak

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.04784, 38.34389

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gunnison Gold Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer W.A. Mcdougal Et. Al.

Mining district

District name Domingo (Vulcan) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., STEVEN, T.A., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPRING HILL CREEK QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-713

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE DEVELOPED ON QUARTZ VEIN ALONG NEARLY VERTICAL BRECCIA ZONE STRIKING N80E NEAR CONTACT OF CHLORITIZED TOLVAR PEAK GRANITE AND FELSITE UNIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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