Green Mountain Area

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Bibliographic references
  9. General comments
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000407
MRDS ID DC05602
Record type District
Mineralized Area Green Mountain Mineralized Area, Wilkinson District
Current site name Green Mountain Area
Alternate or previous names Wilkinson District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.32917, 39.87889 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position District contains the Big Four mine on the NW edge of Green Mountain Reservoir and covers the W flank of Green Mountain. Coordinates are for the southern end of the district, about 300 m west of the Big Four Mine.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Summit

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) Colorado Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1936
Production years 1936-1945...

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1963, COLO. SCH. MINES MIN. IND. BULL., VOL. 6, NO. 6.

  • Deposit

    Dunn, 2003, p. 310, 322.

  • Deposit

    Vanderwilt, 1947, Mineral Resources of Colorado, p. 212-213.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General A.B. Wilson fixed the coordinates (so the longitude plots in North America, not Asia) and updated the record to describe the Green Mountain (a.k.a. Wilkinson District) mineralized area at Green Mountain Reservoir on the west side of the highway between Silverthorne and Kremmling. Big Four mine is the only known mine in the 'district.'

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 2010-04-16 Wilson U.S. Geological Survey Record was plotting in Asia. Corrected location and revised record.

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.