Kinney Tunnel

Unknown in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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 10192189
MAS/MILS ID 0081110242
Record type Site
Current site name Kinney Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Mineral Slope

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.78644, 37.80471 (WGS84)
Elevation 3353
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

Ophir(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
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.78644, 37.80471

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHWEST-TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN HOSTED IN SILIIFIED SILTSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ice Lake

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:QUAD

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92 SAMPLE 1553-1555

  • Deposit

    REF: MINERAL PROPERTY FILE, OWNR: HA MONTGOMERY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-1992 Fairbank, Bonnie B. 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.