The Lady Franklin Mine is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.16056, -105.44361
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Lady Franklin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lady Franklin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Silver Cliff
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1915-1951
Mined: 1790.000 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1967
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
Form: vein
Structure
Type: R
Description: Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley
Type: L
Description: Ring Fault (Shaft Enters On Fault); Crosses Largest Fault In District
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification ("Quartz Zone"); Possibly Weakly Argillized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS
Comment (Location): 0.9 MILE ENE OF BEN WEST HILL SOUTH OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO DE WEESE RES. (GRAPE CREEK) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 263-403.
Reference (Deposit): FIELDMAN, D.W. AND CROWLEY, F.P., 1980, SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SILVER CLIFF CALDERA, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.
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, T 1042, 222 P.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.
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