Carbon Lake

Unknown in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119147
MAS/MILS ID 0081110667
Record type Site
Current site name Carbon Lake
Alternate or previous names Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.70484, 37.89191 (WGS84)
Elevation 3548
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(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)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 San Juan

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.70484, 37.89191

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:QUAD

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92 SAMPLES 1180-1183,

  • Deposit

    1185

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SHAFTS DRIVEN IN ONE OR MORE BRECCIA PIPES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAY-1992 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.