The Carbonate Mine is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Summit county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,801 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
Elevation: 11,801 Feet (3,597 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.4625, -105.98194
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Carbonate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carbonate Mine
Secondary: Carbonate Group
Secondary: Carbonite
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Breckenridge
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC03460. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC03460 WAS DELETED.
Comment (Commodity): MINOR GOLD ALSO PRESENT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRECKENRIDGE DISTRICT, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 75, 187 P.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRECKENRIDGE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 176, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1951, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER BLUE RIVER AREA, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 970, 74 P.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATA, 8,65.
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.
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