Concordia Claim

The Concordia Claim is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,199 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

Name: Concordia Claim

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.99194, -105.65833

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Concordia Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Concordia Claim


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

Owner Name: H. L. Hopkins And G. W. Clark
Years: 1904 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1901
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: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Branch Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Commodity): AU AG CU

Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF SOUTH CRESTONE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Deposit): VEINS LIE IN SHEAR ZONES AND IRREGULAR FRACTURES

Comment (Workings): 60-FT SHAFT, 440-FT TUNNEL


References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 15442

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558

Reference (Deposit): COLO. DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPTS., 1903, 1904


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