The Minnie Lynch Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,735 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,735 Feet (3,272 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.31083, -106.13083
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Minnie Lynch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnie Lynch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Bonanza Caldera
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 Jaspjasper 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: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GROSS CONTENT OF CRUDE ORE: 17% PB, 1% CU, 0.091 OZ/TON AU, 33.8 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRENDS N 85 W, 73 NE, AT DEPTH, THE WORKINGS SHOW THE VEIN DIP FLATTENING TO 45 TO 50 NE.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 3 OR 4 TUNNELS (CAVED NEAR PORTALS) DRIVEN NE TO ENE AND SEVERAL SHAFTS, MAIN TUNNEL HAS 90-FT DRIFT AND 25-FT WINZE DEVELOPED ALONG VEIN
Comment (Production): PATTON REPORTS PRE-1800 PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 60 TONS ORE VALUED AT $40/TON IN 1914, ABOUT 4 TONS ORE PRODUCED AND VALUED AT $79/TON.
Comment (Location): S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES NEAR TOP OF DIVIDE BETWEEN RAWLEY GULCH AND COPPER GULCH 1.3 MILES NE OF BONANZA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 9, 136 P.
Reference (Deposit): BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.
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