The Chloride Mine is a zinc, copper, and lead mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,390 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,390 Feet (2,862 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.26278, -106.12333
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Chloride Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chloride Mine
Secondary: Claims: Chloride 1-4
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Bonanza Caldera
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Early Barren Stage Of Alteration By Fumarolic Or Acid-Hot Spring Activity Resulted In Intense Silicification, Wallrock Replacement By Jasper And Alteration Products Hematite, Diaspore, Alunite, Barite, Zunyite, Rutile, And Kaolin Minerals. Later Mineralizing Stage By Alkaline Or Neutral Solutions Deposited Ore And Gangue And Caused Micaceous Alteration (Sericite And Chlorite) And Calcite, Quartz, And Pyrite.
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Development): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS. PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY NEGLIGIBLE
Comment (Deposit): CONTINUATION OF EAGLE AND HAWK VEINS TRENDS N46W AT CHLORIDE SHAFT
Comment (Workings): MAIN CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN S88E FOR AT LEAST 440 FT. AT A POINT ABOUT 200 FT FROM PORTAL, A WINZE WAS SUNK ON MINERALIZED FISSURE. THREE OTHER TUNNELS DRIVEN NORTHWESTWARD ALONG GENERAL TREND OF EAGLE AND HAWK VEINS. THREE SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH SUNK ON NO. 1 CLAIM.
Comment (Location): S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES SE OF CHLORIDE GULCH 1500 FT SE OF EAGLE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Geology): YOUNGER HAYDEN PEAK LATITE LIES IN FAULT CONTACT WITH RAWLEY ANDESITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 9, 136 P.
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