The Justice Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,351 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: 10,351 Feet (3,155 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.16, -106.82167
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Justice Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Justice Mine
Secondary: Claim: Justice
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: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1886
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, Justice Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN UPPER ASPEN MTN AREA AT TOURTELLOTTE PARK NEAR HEAD OF SPAR GULCH SW OF LAST DOLLAR SHAFT. ELEV FROM SPURR (1898). LAT-LONG APPROXIMATED FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS ENTIRELY OXIDIZED
Comment (Deposit): LOW-GRADE OXIDIZED ORE TENDS TO FOLLOW SHOOTS IN CONTACT FAULT. SHOOTS CONTINUE NE UNTIL TERMINATED BY SILVER BELL FAULT. MINERALIZED ZONE LIES IN FAULT BLOCKS BOUNDED ON WEST BY JUSTICE FAULT AND CUT BY GOOD THUNDER, BURRO, AND SILVER BELL FAULTS
Comment (Workings): UPPER (SOUTH) SHAFT IS 400 FT DEEP BOTTOMING ON CONTACT FAULT. MAIN INCLINE (APPROX 450FT LONG) TRENDS N 46 W ON 40-DEG DIP. LOWER SHAFT (270 FT DEEP) LOCATED 400 FT NW OF UPPER SHAFT. DRIFTS FROM BOTTOM OF INCLINE AND OWER SHAFT EXTEND SW AND CONNECT WITH LITTLE LOTTIE MINE. DRIFTS FROM UPPER SHAFT EXTEND NE INTO LAST DOLLAR MINE WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 175-176
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
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 4169
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