Burke Martin Mine

The Burke Martin Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Summit county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,600 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

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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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