The Colorado Belle Mine is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,299 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: 11,299 Feet (3,444 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.34583, -106.11444
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Colorado Belle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado Belle Mine
Secondary: Claim: Belle of Colorado
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Bonanza (Kerber Creek)
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1881
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: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ON SADDLE 3000 FT NW OF ROUND MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): VEINS LIE ALONG GRABEN FAULTS THAT DISPLACE BONANZA TUFF DOWNWARD AGAINST RAWLEY ANDESITE. PRINCIPAL VEINS TREND N47W, N85E, N65E
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS ON AND AROUND CLAIM. DEPTH OF MAIN SHAFT 130 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 9, 136 P.
Reference (Deposit): BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.
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