The Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12 is a barium-barite mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 38.30278, -105.34833
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Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12
Secondary: Hellgate Gulch Open Pit
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Southern Grape Creek Area
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
Owner Name: Gerald L. Jensen, Petro Silver, Inc.
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Carbonatite
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Small Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ZN (0.01-0.51 %), AG (0.1-0.5 OZ/TON)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): 19 MILES S SW OF CANON CITY ON OAK CREEK GRADE, THEN NW FROM YORKVILLE SITE ON BEAR GULCH ROAD FOR 1 MILE TO HELLGATE GULCH. WEST ON HELLGATE GULCH FOR 4 MILES TO WESTERNMOST CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Commodity): BARITE CONSIDERED LOW GRADE, POOR QUALITY
Comment (Deposit): BARITE-CALCITE VEINS NUMEROUS, DISCONTINUOUS, TO 6 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 3 SMALL SHAFTS; 3 PITS; LONG DOZER CUT; LARGE, 4 BENCH OPEN PIT. SHAFT 1 IS 20 FT DEEP, SHAFT 2 IS 19 FT DEEP, SHAFT 3 IS 17 FT DEEP, PIT 1 IS 12 X 6 X 4 FT DEEP, PIT 2 IS 17 X 6 X 3 FT DEEP, PIT 3 IS 10 X 6 X 3 FT DEEP; DOZER CUT 94 X 12 X 4 FT DEEP. OPEN PIT AT MOUTH OF HELLGATE GULCH. IT IS SERIES OF 4 CUTS ANGLING UPHILL FOR 250 FT WITH AVERAGE BENCH HEIGHT 18 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 87-90
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.
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