The Blanca Mutual Mining and Milling Co. Claims is a gold, copper, silver, and lead mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,638 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: 8,638 Feet (2,633 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.85361, -105.56389
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Blanca Mutual Mining and Milling Co. Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blanca Mutual Mining and Milling Co. Claims
Secondary: Myrtle K
Secondary: Aztac
Secondary: Irenea
Secondary: Revenue Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Liberty (Music) 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: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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 And Unnamed Branch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SAND CREEK 1.8 MILES ESE OF LIBERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL HEADING WESTWARD FOR UNKNOWN DISTANCE
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY DATA
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