The Unnamed Prospect is a silver mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,820 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: 10,820 Feet (3,298 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.38833, -104.97556
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Secondary: Courthouse Vein System
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta District 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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Structure: NNW trending fault system
Description: La Veta Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): 2000 FT N23E FROM BULLSEYE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975) (1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): HILLS, R.C., 1901, DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH PEAKS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 71.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594-G.
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