Gothic Bell

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108208
MRDS ID DC03125
Record type Site
Current site name Gothic Bell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.11757, 39.06416 (WGS84)
Relative position N. SIDE SHEEP MT., #9 ON VANDERWILTS MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowmass Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(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
6th Principal 11S 87W 28 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.11757, 39.06416

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Creek

Comments on the production information

  • VERY HIGH GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG & MINING JOURNAL, 1886, V. 42, P149

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 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.