Complex

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016471
MRDS ID DC01246
Record type Site
Current site name Complex
Related records 10264042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.48894, 38.66333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 51N 04E 23 NE4 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 4 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Creek

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8: FROM 24 TONS (ITEM 9)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    TRAMMELL, 1961, CU MSC. THESIS

  • Deposit

    DINGS & ROBINSON, 1957, USGS P.P. 289

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DMEA RECORDS; USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE; COLO. MINING ASSOC. YEARBOOK, 1949; BESLER, 1956, USBM 1C 7748, P. 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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