Rush Basin

Past Producer in Montezuma 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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239239
MAS/MILS ID 0080830185
Record type Site
Current site name Rush Basin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.09285, 37.42361 (WGS84)
Elevation 3566
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(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 Montezuma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.09285, 37.42361

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS SMALL WORKINGS DRIVEN ON NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST- TRENDING VEINS AND DIKES. ENTIRE AREA IS LIMONITE-STAINED AND HAS DISSEMINATED PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1992 Unknown 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.