The Burke Martin Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Summit county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,600 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: 10,600 Feet (3,231 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.57222, -105.86444
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Burke Martin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burke Martin Mine
Secondary: Silver Wing
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Snake River, Montezuma
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): FISSURES TRENDING NE
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC05624. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC05624 WAS DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS I-750
Reference (Deposit): DMEA RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): CONSERVATION DIVISION COMP. DATE 8,65.
Reference (Deposit): NEUERBERG, G.J., BOTINELLY, THEODORE, AND ANALYSTS, 1977, SELECTED GEOCHECICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC DATA FOR CHARACTERIZING THE MINERALIZED ROCKS OF THE MONTEZUMA MINING DISTRICT, CENTRAL COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 77-425.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, WALTER, 1980, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF PART OF THE MONTEZUMA DISTRICT, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, MS THESIS, 106 P.
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