Unknown

Unknown in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167283
MAS/MILS ID 0081110652
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.73094, 37.89501 (WGS84)
Elevation 3645
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
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.73094, 37.89501

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL SMALL WORKINGS EXPOSE NE-AND NW-TRENDING VEINS CUTTING VOLCANICS WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE.

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 1332-1340

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUL-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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.