Gunnison Forks

Producer in Delta county in Colorado, United States with commodity Sulfur
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108176
MRDS ID DC02614
Record type Site
Current site name Gunnison Forks
Related records 10214330

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.84621, 38.79193 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Delta(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lazear(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(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 Delta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 14S 94W 36 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.84621, 38.79193

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, 1949, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC, V. 15, NO. 5, P. 237-256

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1959, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 445

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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.