The Akron Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,751 Feet (2,972 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.53944, -106.39389
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Akron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Akron Mine
Secondary: Akron Tunnel
Secondary: includes Mazeppa, May (or Little May), North Star, Tenderfoot, and W. and A. mines
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Tomichi (Whitepine) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: reverse fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): Tunnel is driven about 3450 ft. east; 5 levels above the tunnel have extensive drifts and crosscuts.
Comment (Geology): Replacement ore occurs in sheared dolomite adjacent to rhyolite porphyry dike along Star fault.
Comment (Location): About 10 miles north of Sargents, at the south end of Whitepine and east side of Tomichi Creek, in the SE/4 sec. 34, T 50 N, R 5 E.
Comment (Production): From 1901 to 1950, nearly 100,000 tons of ore were produced that averaged 0.01 oz/ton gold, 4.77 oz/ton silver, 0.12% copper, 10.43% lead, and 12.88% zinc. (Sunshine files)
Comment (Production): Production from 1901 to 1950 totaled 99,497 tons of ore, and metals recovered were: 724 oz. of gold, 474,160 oz. silver, 232,783 lb. copper, 20,751,676 lb. lead, and 25,629,942 lb zinc. (USGS Prof. Paper 289)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Resources may exist, especially below the tunnel level. (Sunshine files)
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65
Reference (Deposit): ROBINSON, 1955, CU PHD THESIS
Reference (Deposit): Crawford, R. D., 1913, Geology and ore deposits of the Monarch and Tomichi districts, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 4, 317 p.
Reference (Deposit): Dings, M. G., and Robinson, C. S., 1957, Geology and ore deposits of the Garfield quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 289, 110 p.
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): COLO. MINING ASSOC. YEARBOOK, 1949
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