Ouray

The Ouray is a silver and gold mine located in Ouray county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,700 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Ouray

State:  Colorado

County:  Ouray

Elevation: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 38.02722, -107.67278

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Ouray MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ouray


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Iridium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Ouray
District: Ouray District


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: Occurrence
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: 1.0922 GRAM ASSAY BUTTON FOR GOLD YIELDED PT=1.18%, IR+OS=4.51%


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN UNCONPAHGRE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF CASCADE CREEK JUST NORTH OF OURAY.


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 OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1192-1193.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 161.


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Placer mines at Cripple Creek, Colorado ca. 1892

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