The Uncle Sam Lode is a gold mine located in Las Animas county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,801 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: 11,801 Feet (3,597 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.37306, -104.97389
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Uncle Sam Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uncle Sam Lode
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Las Animas
District: La Veta 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: Underground
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Description: La Veta Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SOUTH FORK TRUJILLO CREEK. CARRAWAY'S (1899) DESCRIPTION PLACES CLAIM PARALLEL TO AND NEAR TOP OF RIDGE. PARTLY OVERLAPS NORTH END OF SPANISH GOLD MINE CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975) (1975)
Comment (Workings): DISCOVERY SHAFT IN GULCH AT EAST LINE OF CLAIM. NORTHEASTWARD EXTENSION OF CLAIM IS KNOWN AS ERIE LODE, WHICH ITSELF IS DEVELOPED BY DISCOVERY CUT AND TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
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.
Reference (Deposit): CARRAWAY, D.S., 1899, REPORT ON THE SPANISH PEAK GROUP OF MINING CLAIMS: COLO. STATE PLANNING COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 6 P.
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