The Unnamed Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,059 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: 10,059 Feet (3,066 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.97694, -105.63333
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Unnamed Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crestone 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Unnamed Branch Fault Of Sangre De Cristo Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MINE DUMP SAMPLE CONTAINED 13 % CU, SMALL AMT. OF AU AND AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF COPPER GULCH IN UNSURVEYED SECTION ON LAND GRANT. SITE IS ONE OF TWO POSSIBLE LOCATIONS DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLE VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN SANGRE DE CRISTO FM (CRESTONE CONGLOMERATE MEMBER) AND PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BACA GRANT AREA , SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-764
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