(Facility) Cumberland Mill

Past Producer in La Plata 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. 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 10142308
MRDS ID D010813
MAS/MILS ID 0080670066
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Cumberland Mill
Alternate or previous names Cumberland, Cumberland Mine & Basin
Related records 10014161

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.01755, 37.44691 (WGS84)
Elevation 3505
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(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 La Plata

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.01755, 37.44691

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM OPENFILE RPT MLA 2-92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN STRIKES N 70 E., DIPS STEEPLY. AVERAGE 1.2-FT THICK AND CONTAINS BRECCIA, QUARTZ, BARITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GOLD, TELLURIDES, SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND RUBY SILVER. HOSTED IN CUTLER AND DOLORES FRM ROCKS CUT BY PORPHYRY.
Deposit Separate Mine record from Mill record.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 25-JUL-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Split out Cumberland Mill from Cumberland Mine record. The data remaining in this record still pertain mainly to the mine. See record for Cumberland Mine.

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.