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Occurrence in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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 10263964
MAS/MILS ID 0080676030
Record type Site
Current site name A

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.11005, 37.36781 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hesperus(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 La Plata

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.11005, 37.36781

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN CUT IN ALTERED PORPHYRY, GYPSUM ON THE DUMP. SAMPLES 881 AND 882 FROM THE REFERENCE ARE FROM THIS PROSPECT

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.