Falcon Mill

Producer in Montrose county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264339
MAS/MILS ID 0080850564
Record type Site
Current site name Falcon Mill
Alternate or previous names Colona Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -107.77925, 38.3256 (WGS84)
Elevation 1946
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047 N 008 W 17 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -107.77925, 38.3256

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lem Oro Ii
    ID 501589
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Colona Mills, Inc.
    ID 501589
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION DATA

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 3-1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/18/1992
MSHA mine ID0501589
Mine name (MSHA)Old River Mill
Current operatorWestern Earth Movers
Current controller (parent)Watson Tom & Mike Guffey
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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