The Matchless Prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,039 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: 9,039 Feet (2,755 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.10944, -105.35167
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Matchless Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Matchless Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type: L
Description: Rosita Fault; Humboldt-Pocahontas Vein; Many Mineralized Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Argillization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A 1981 report suggested that low-grade, bulk-tonnage silver deposits may occur along the silver King-Matchless vein and south of the Leavenworth-Humboldt-Pocahontas vein. (Sunshine files)
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870-1895
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF LEAVENWORTH GULCH ON SW SLOPE OF MT ROBINSON, IN THE N/2 SEC.29, T 22 S, R 71 W; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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