The Last Dollar Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,351 Feet (3,155 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.16056, -106.82083
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Last Dollar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Dollar Mine
Secondary: Claims: Last Dollar
Secondary: O.K.
Secondary: Minnie Moore
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
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: 1884
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
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
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE ON CONTACT FAULT IS LOW GRADE, FE-STAINED AND CONTAINS LARGE DISADVANTAGEOUS AMOUNT OF BARITE. RICHER ORE WITH LESS BARITE OCCURS IN DOLOMIZED LIMESTONE IN STEEPLY DIPPING FRACTURED ZONES CUTTING THE CONTACT FAULT. IN OK MINE, MINERALIZED ZONE WAS FOLLOWED UP THRU CASTLE BUTTE LIMESTONE TO BELDEN SHALE.
Comment (Location): IN UPPER ASPEN MTN AREA AT TOURTELLOTTE PARK, NEAR HEAD OF SPAR GULCH NE OF JUSTICE MINE AND 700 FT WEST OF SILVER BELL SHAFT. ELEV FROM SPURR (1898). LAT-LONG APPROXIMATED FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Workings): LAST DOLLAR SHAFT (465 FT DEEP) AND SEVERAL DRIFTS INTERCONNECT WITH JUSTICE, MINNIE MOORE, OK, AND SILVER BELL MINES. THE LATTER VIA APPROX 30-DEG NW-BEARING INCLINES ON CONTACT FAULT. TOTAL LENGTH IS FOR ALL WORKINGS EXCEPT JUSTICE MINE AND OTHER SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 3849, 3762
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 176-177
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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