Sunflower

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142296
MAS/MILS ID 0080330192
Record type Site
Current site name Sunflower

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.00425, 37.69221 (WGS84)
Elevation 3158
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Dolores

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.00425, 37.69221

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 920316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioneer/Rico

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED IN 1989, ABOUT 16,600 CU FT OF DUMP MATERIAL, SAMPLE #407.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS TOPO MAP RICO QUAD

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT ML;A 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-1996 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.