The Virginia Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,990 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,990 Feet (2,740 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.1025, -105.33389
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Virginia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Mine
Secondary: West Virginia Claim ?
Secondary: Blue Lode
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita 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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Joe T. Tomsick
Home Office: Westcliffe, Co.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Year: 1961
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type: L
Description: Rosita Fault, Humboldt-Pocahontas Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weakly Argillized
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH SLOPE OF POCAHONTAS HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Development): PENNSYLVANIA REDUCTION WORKS BUILT TO TREAT ORE FROM THIS & HUMBOLDT MINE
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT ON CHIMNEY IN MAIN VEIN, 90 FT FROM HUMBOLDT
Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL FISSURES; MINERALIZATION OCCURS WHERE DIP OF VEIN ABOUT 60 DEGREES; VERY LITTLE MINERALIZATION AT 30 DEGREE DIP
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): 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 (Production): EMMONS, S.F., 1896; COLO. DIVISION MINES INSPECTION RECORDS
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