The Telluride is a gold mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,901 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,901 Feet (2,713 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.93167, -107.78889
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Telluride MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Telluride
Secondary: Upper San Miguel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $7.65/TON (0.082 OZ/TON, 2.8 PPM) AU, $2.70/TON (0.02 OZ/TON, 690 PPB) PT CONCENTRATE - CONCENTRATION 1 LB/3 YD GRAVEL. AU:PT=4:1 APPROX.
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): AREA IS NEAR VOLCANIC ROCKS OF SILVERTON CALDERA. BEDROCK IS PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): VANDERWILT REFERENCE DESCRIBES LODE DEPOSITS OF AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN UNCOMPAHGRE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 1 MI EAST OF TELLURIDE AT MOUTH OF ROYER GULCH BETWEEN TWO TAILINGS PILES SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Production): PGM PROD NOT VERIFIED
References
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES, CLAENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1194-1195.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 421-424.
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