Peruvian Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240498
MAS/MILS ID 81170137
Record type Site
Current site name Peruvian Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.79917, 39.61373 (WGS84)
Elevation 3584
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Adit labeled on topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 005S 075W 16 SW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.79917, 39.61373

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Production years 1881, 1888, 1890, 1914, 1915

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Period 1881, 88, 90, 1914-15
    Material ore
    Ore mined 492.1mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zinc Zinc 2893.91mt
    Trace Silver Silver 392836.96g
    Trace Lead Lead 64036.81mt
    Major Gold Gold 37.32g
    Trace Copper Copper 231.78mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2007-08-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-10-22 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey minor edits. changed importance of commodities.

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.