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Idaho Mine

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015964
MRDS ID DC00044
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Mine
Related records 10118736

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -107.63312, 37.80379 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 41N 07W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -107.63312, 37.80379
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones And Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAIN VEIN-N30W 80SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1902-1904

Mining district

District name Animas

Comments on the production information

  • 5 CARLOADS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9, 65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-72 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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