The Celeste Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado.
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Celeste Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Celeste Mine
Secondary: Claim: Celeste
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
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
Discovery Year: 1885
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, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Tourtellotte Park Uplift, Good Thunder Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Ferration
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VARIABLE ORE RUNS FROM A FEW TO SEVERAL HUNDRED OZ/TON AG
Materials
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORES NEARLY COMPLETELY OXIDIZED
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS ALONG BOTH SILVER AND CONTACT FAULTS WITH RICHER ORE ON SILVER FAULT.
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT PROBABLY 200 TO 300 FT DEEP. SEVERAL DRIFTS. ON NW, WORKINGS CONNECT WITH EDISON (NO. 1) SHAFT AND INCLINE AND AT FAR WEST END WITH GOOD THUNDER MINE
Comment (Location): IN UPPER ASPEN MTN AREA AT TOURTELLOTTE PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 3992
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 174-175
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.
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
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