Lower Porphyry Gulch

Unknown in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288753
MAS/MILS ID 0081111156
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Porphyry Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -107.73984, 37.88671 (WGS84)
Elevation 3749
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(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 San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -107.73984, 37.88671

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NE-TRENDING VEIN AND FRACTURE ZONE HOSTED IN VOLCANICS WITH DISSEM. PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPENFILE REPORT MLA 2-92 SAMPLES 1357-1358

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.