| Deposit ID | 60000375 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010711 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Needle Mountain District |
| Alternate or previous names | Tacoma District |
| Related records | 10191364 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.60283, 37.59891 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). DISTRICT LIES WITHIN NEEDLE MTNS AND INCLUDES 1) NEEDLE CREEK VALLEY FROM HEADWATERS AT CHICAGO BASIN DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE WITH ANIMAS RIVER AT NEEDLETON; 2) UPPER FLORIDA RIVER DRAINAGE INCLUDING LILLIE LAKE, CRYSTAL VALLEY, MISSOURI GULCH, EAST AND WEST SILVER MESAS, MT KENNEDY, TRIMBLE PASS, AND AZTEC, BULLION, AND FLORIDA MOUNTAINS; 3) UPPER JOHNSON CREEK DRAINAGE (VALLECITO BASIN) INCLUDING HAZEL LAKE, COLUMBINE LAKE, HOPE, JUPITER, AND ECHO MOUNTAINS, GRIZZLY AND MCCAULEY PEAKS, AND UPPER GRIZZLY GULCH (BOTH IN DRAINAGE AREA 14080101). DISTRICT EXTENDS ONTO MOUNTAIN VIEW CREST (1973) QUAD. CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC. 06, T38N, R6W. ACCESSIBLE VIA TRAILS UP VALLECITO CREEK AND JOHNSON CREEK NORTH FROM VALLECITO RESERVOIR; VIA TRAIL UP NEEDLE CREEK FROM ANIMAS RIVER AND D&RGW RR; VIA EAST FLORIDA ROAD AND TRAIL NE FROM FLORIDA RIVER AND LEMON RESERVOIR; VIA ROAD AND TRAIL NE FROM HERMOSA UP COON CREEK, CANYON CREEK, AND OVER LIME MESA EAST TO WEST SILVER MESA. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COLUMBINE PASS (SW SE SEC. 35, T39N, R7W). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
La Plata(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Columbine Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper 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)
Weminuche Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | La Plata |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Model code | 74 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19b |
| Deposit model name | Replacement Mn |
| (1) | -107.60283, 37.59891 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | NEEDLE MTNS UPLIFT, CHICAGO BASIN STOCK, EOLUS BATHOLITH, TRIMBLE STOCK |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | SAN JUAN UPLIFT, SAN JUAN BASIN, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1936 |
| District name | NEEDLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | TACOMA DISTRICT |
CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 131.
SCHMITT, L.J., AND RAYMOND, W.H., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADK: USGS BULL. 1434, 40 P.
STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F.
MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 15, P. 49.
A WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULL. 14, P. 68-69.
LAKES, ARTHUR, 1897, THE NEEDLES--LA PLATA MOUNTAINS, COLLIERY ENGINEER, V. 18, P. 74-77, 101-103.
TRIPPE, T.M., 1905, REPORT ON THE AETNA MINE ACCOMPANIED BY A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ADJOINING AZTEC AND REPUBLIC CLAIMS, LA PLATA COUNTY: COLO. DIV. MINES FILES, UNPIB. ENG. REPT., 3 P.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT. (BROOKLYN GROUP).
BLM MINERAL SURVEYS
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