The Humboldt Mine is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,081 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,081 Feet (2,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.10361, -105.33250
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Humboldt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Humboldt Mine
Secondary: Globe Shaft
Secondary: South Humboldt Claim
Secondary: West Virginia Claim
Secondary: Humboldt-Pocahontas vein
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita Hills 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1896
Time Period: 1874-1878
Mined: 1900.000 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1874
Discovery Year: 1874
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 vein, generic
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type: L
Description: Rosita Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillized
Rocks
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): SW SLOPE OF POCAHONTAS HILL 1/2 MILE NE OF ROSITA, IN THE SW/4 SEC. 28, T 22 S, R 71 W; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): BETWEEN 1874-1896 HUMBOLDT-POCAHONTAS MINES PRODUCED MORE THAN $900,000.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A 1981 report suggested that low-grade, bulk-tonnage silver deposits may occur along the Humboldt-Pocahontas vein. (Sunshine files)
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 5 LEVELS; THIRD LEVEL GOES TO GLOBE SHAFT; HUMBOLDT SHAFT INCLINES AVERAGE 60 DEGREE ANGLE; POCAHONTAS MINE WORKED FROM HUMBOLDT AT TIMES
Comment (Development): PENNSYLVANIA REDUCTION WORKS BUILT AT ROSITA IN 1877 TO TREAT SILVER ORE FROM THIS AND VIRGINIA MINE
Comment (Geology): A fissure sulfide vein trends NW-SE and dips SW; traced for 4000 ft., it contained high-grade silver ore.
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): SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472
Reference (Production): EMMONS, S.F., 1896
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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