La Plata

Prospect in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264065
MAS/MILS ID 0080670182
Record type Site
Current site name La Plata

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.07395, 37.39331 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(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 La Plata

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.07395, 37.39331

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS NEAR THE MARGIN OF THE ALLARD STOCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1970

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: HUMBLE OIL & REFINERY CO 1970

  • Deposit

    BOM OPENFILE RPT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAY-1992 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.