Cora Belle

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107808
MRDS ID D002391
MAS/MILS ID 80910067
Record type Site
Current site name Cora Belle
Alternate or previous names Cora Bell - Red Mountain No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.6911, 37.9191 (WGS84)
Elevation 3170
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(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)

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 Ouray

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N;042N 008W;007W 01,12,13,06,07 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Intra-ash flow andesitic lavas

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ouray

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    Burbank and Luedke, 1964, USGS GQ-291.

  • Location

    Ironton 7 1/2' topographic quadrangle.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-03-01 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountian Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-04-07 Wilson, Anna B. 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.