The Sosthenes Mine is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,289 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,289 Feet (3,441 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.33111, -106.12972
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Sosthenes Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sosthenes Mine
Secondary: Sosthenis Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
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: L
Description: Bonanza Caldera
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
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: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PATTON REPORTED ASSAY OF SHIPPING ORE TO BE 0.04 OZ/TON AU, 35 OZ/TON AG, 15% PB, 12 TO 15% ZN BURBANK REPORTED SMALL SHIPMENT OF CRUDE UNOXIDIZED ORE TO CONTAIN 9 OZ/TON AG, 11.4% PB, 1% CU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES FOR 1887, 1889, 1892-93 UNKNOWN. QUANTITIES OF METALS LISTED WERE CALCULATED FROM REPORTED VALUES USING $1.29/OZ AG, $87/TON PB. TOTAL ORE PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE 400 TO 600 ST.
Comment (Workings): MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY FOUR TUNNELS ALL BUT ONE OF WHICH HAD CAVED NEAR PORTALS LOWER TUNNEL DEIVEN AT N13E FOR 180 FT, THENCE ALONG ARCUATE TRENDING VEIN FOR 320 FT WITH 140 FT OF MINOR BRANCH WORKINGS. AT 460 FT INTO TUNNEL, MAJOR CROSSCUT DRIVEN AT N76W FOR 30 FT AND S78E FOR 150 FT, THENCE S74E FOR 210 FT, THENCE N80E FOR 180 FT. AT FIRST BEND IN CROSSCUT, 120 FT OF DRIFT DEVELOPED ON VEIN AT N7E AND RAISE DRIVEN TO UPPER LEVEL. 60 FT FARTHER EAST FROM THIS DRIFT, SECOND DRIFT 80 FT LONG DEVELOPED AT N21E. DIMENSIONS LISTED IN DIELDS ABOVE ARE FOR LOWER LEVEL.
Comment (Location): S/-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ALONG SOSTHENES GULCH EAST OF SQUIRREL GULCH 2.4 MILES NNE OF BONANZA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Production): BURBANK (1932), AS COMPILED FROM GOVT RECORDS
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