Dolores Mine

Past Producer in Montezuma county in Colorado, United States with commodities Coal, 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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288132
MAS/MILS ID 0080830033
Record type Site
Current site name Dolores Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.52956, 37.45031 (WGS84)
Elevation 3322
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolores West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

McElmo(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montezuma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Coal Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.52956, 37.45031

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB NO. DC03871

  • Deposit

    ALSO SECTIONS 21, 28, 29

  • Deposit

    BOM OPENFILE RPT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.