South London

Producer in Park 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143160
MAS/MILS ID 0080930239
Record type Site
Current site name South London
Alternate or previous names London Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.15871, 39.27829 (WGS84)
Elevation 3718
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.15871, 39.27829

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1890
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO #403523 #402310

  • Deposit

    USGS CLIMAX QUAD

  • Deposit

    REF:JOHANSING, R.J., KARR, L.J., HARLAN, J.B., RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE LONDON MINING DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO, NORTHWEST MINING ASSOC. SPOKANE, WN., 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SOUTH LONDON MINE IS PART OF THE LONDON GROUP OF MINES ON LONDON MOUNTAIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAY-1993 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.