The Bushwhacker Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,049 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 9,049 Feet (2,758 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.19778, -106.80028
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Bushwhacker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bushwhacker Mine
Secondary: Claims: Bushwhacker
Secondary: Alpine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Aspen (Roaring Fork) 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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 Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type: L
Description: Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT WITH AT LEAST SEVEN AND POSSIBLY UP TO 12 LEVELS. COWENHOVEN TUNNEL INTERSECTS WORKINGS AT DEPTH OF APPROX. 1140 FT.
Comment (Location): IN SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN AREA 0.5 MILE NE OF SMUGGLER MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS PARTLY BASED ON OCCURRENCES IN DELLA S. MINE
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT FAULT IS CUT OUT BY SILVER FAULT SO THAT LATTER DISPLACES BELDEN SHALE AGAINST REDCLIFF (DOLOMITE) MBR OF LEADVILLE LIMESTONE. OFFSETTING THE SILVER FAULT AT THE LATER SMUGGLER (UPPER) AND DELLA (LOWER) CROSS-FAULTS, STRIKING APPROX. EAST-WEST AND DIPPING 30 SOUTH. STILL LATER CLARK FAULT TRENDS NE-SW, DIPS STEEPLY NW, AND DOWNDROPS THE SMUGGLER AND DELLA FAULTS TO WEST. MAIN ORE BODIES FOUND 1) ALONG SILVER FAULT AT AND ABOVE ITS INTERSECTION WITH SMUGGLER FAULT AND NEAR THEIR INTERSECTION WITH CLARK FAULT IN CLARK FOOTWALL, AND 2) IN CLARK FAULT HANGING WALL ALONG SILVER FAULT AT AND BELOW INTERSECTIONS WITH SMUGGLER AND DELLA FAULTS AND WITH DEEPER EAST-WEST-TRENDING CROSS-FAULTS. SOME ORE ALSO NOTED IN SHORTER CHANNELS WITH NW TREND AT NEAR RIGHT ANGLES TO MAJOR SHOOTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6642
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 193-194
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.
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