The Elizabeth Prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,249 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,249 Feet (2,819 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.12444, -105.35028
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Elizabeth Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elizabeth Prospect
Secondary: Bertha
Secondary: Callahan
Secondary: Ophir Lode
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type: L
Description: On Ophir Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Weakly Argillized
Alteration Text: Weakly Argillized
Rocks
Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870-1895
Comment (Location): NORTH SLOPE OF ROBINSON PLATEAU SW OF KANKAKEE HILL ; 0.5 MILE WEST OF BASSICK MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): SIEMS, P.L., 1967, VOLCANIC AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ROSITA HILLS AND SILVER CLIFF DISTRICTS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES, D.SC. THESIS, T1042, 222 P.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.
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