Syracuse Pride

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015940
MRDS ID DC00006
Record type Site
Current site name Syracuse Pride
Related records 10215907

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.57564, 37.9625 (WGS84)
Relative position ON LAKE CITY ROAD NEAR THE SIDE ROAD TO THE POLAR STAR MINE. ELEV. 12,506 FT.

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)

Upper Gunnison(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
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.57564, 37.9625

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1890

Comments on the production information

  • $10,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS 800 FT. LONG, WITH MANY SHORT FINGER LIKE STOPES

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.