American

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143291
MAS/MILS ID 0080930032
Record type Site
Current site name American

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.0842, 39.32469 (WGS84)
Elevation 3734
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.0842, 39.32469

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner General Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES, SUMMERY OF MINERAL ACTIVITIES

  • Deposit

    IN COLORADO.

  • Deposit

    MESA MET-NONMET MINING FILE REF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-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.