The Mineral Hill Mine is a gold, lead, and zinc mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,091 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: 9,091 Feet (2,771 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.42417, -106.84500
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Mineral Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Hill Mine
Secondary: Mineral Hill 1-8
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Green Mountain (Gold Basin) 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
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: Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Gold Basin Anticline; Unnamed Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MILS CITES PB AND ZN BUT THIS IS UNVERIFIED
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF STUBBS GULCH, 1.1 MILE NW OF IRIS AND DENVER CITY MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL QUARTZ VEIN STRIKES N50W AND LIES ALONG TREND OF SW-DIPPING FAULT SUBPARALLEL TO MAIN FAULT THAT DISPLACES SCHIST UNIT AGAINST FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS NW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1134
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 10993
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