The Songbird Mine is a perlite mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,936 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,936 Feet (2,419 Meters)
Commodity: Perlite
Lat, Long: 38.16139, -105.46389
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Songbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Songbird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Perlite
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cotter Corp. ?
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1963 -
Owner Name: J. D. Blunt ?
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1895
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: tabular, lensoid
Structure
Type: R
Description: Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley
Type: L
Description: Concentric Faults Of Ben West Hill
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strongly Argillized, White, Bleached
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Illite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT (PASSIFLORA SHAFT?)
Comment (Commodity): LOCALLY THE IRON ORE IS QUITE PURE
Comment (Location): NW OF BEN WEST HILL ; 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): EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES RECORDS, 1981
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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