Great West

Past 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240495
MAS/MILS ID 0080930127
Record type Site
Current site name Great West

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.1014, 39.30279 (WGS84)
Elevation 3657
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

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
Silver Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER:CHIWAWA MINES, EAST 28 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SPOKANE, WN. LARRY JOHNSON, (509) 455-8080

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO #403506

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-MAY-93 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.