The Silver Plume Claim is a gold and silver mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,760 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: 9,760 Feet (2,975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.15778, -106.61056
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Silver Plume Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Plume Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) 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
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Dome; Unnamed Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): EXACT METALS UNVERIFIED BUT THOSE CITED ARE GENERAL OCCURRENCES FOR DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): ORIENTATION OF CLAIM SUGGESTS POSSIBLE RADIAL FRACTURE ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCONCENTRIC FAULT AROUND COCHETOPA DOME, BUT THIS IS UNVERIFIED
Comment (Location): 0.6 MILE SW OF COCHETOPA PASS JUST SOUTH OF ROAD AND ALONG ARCHULETA CREEK IN UNSURVEYED SECTION. ADJOINS UNION BELL CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY 9711
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE L X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761
Reference (Deposit): LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258.
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