Mammoth

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015938
MRDS ID DC00003
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth
Related records 10118888

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.58258, 37.9625 (WGS84)
Relative position BASE OF ENGINEER MTN., NEAR MINERAL POINT ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 43N 06W 30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.58258, 37.9625

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN STRIKES N25E 45-85 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Point

Comments on the production information

  • EST. TOTAL $50,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, 1946: COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 461-463 AND PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Conservation Division Files 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

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