The Hortense Mine is a copper, gold, lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,810 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: 9,810 Feet (2,990 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.29972, -106.13306
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Hortense Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hortense Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Arsenic
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHIPMENT CONTAINED 21% PB, 1% CU, 36.6 OZ/TON AG, 0.6 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Petzite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hessite
Ore: Sylvanite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL INITIALLY DRIVEN S24E BUT IN 70 FT CURVES EASTWARD TO INTERSECT VEIN, THENCE GENERALLY N73E FOR 480 FT ALONG VEIN AND NORTH SPLIT. 100-FT SHAFT FROM SURFACE PROBABLY INTERSECTS TUNNEL AT 360 FT FROM PORTAL. RAISES DRIVEN AT 140, 310 (ON BRANCH TUNNEL), AND 340 FT (ON MAIN DRIFT) FROM PORTAL. AT 380 FT FROM PORTAL, DRIFT DRIVEN SSW AND SE FOR 230 FT TO CACED AREA. WORKINGS LIE APPROX. 90 FT ABOVE FIRST LEVEL OF EMPRESS JOSEPHINE MINE.
Comment (Location): S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ON SE SIDE OF COPPER GULCH BETWEEN LIBERTY AND ST LOUIS MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): COLO. DIV. MINES REPORTED 1925 PRODUCTION OF 3 ST CONCENTRATES. ORE GRADE WAS 6.64 OZ/TON AU, 351.42 OZ/TON AG, 25% PB, 1% CU, 3% ZN, 13% FE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS NARROW BUT PROBABLY LIES IN FAULTED PORTION OF SAME FISSURE CONTAINING EMPRESS JOSEPHINE VEIN
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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