The Della S. Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,901 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: 8,901 Feet (2,713 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.19694, -106.80250
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Della S. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Della S. Mine
Secondary: Claims: Alma M.
Secondary: Alpine
Secondary: Ballarat
Secondary: Bushwhacker
Secondary: Chatfield
Secondary: Della S.
Secondary: Fossil
Secondary: Fossil Fraction
Secondary: General Jackson
Secondary: J. C. Johnson
Secondary: Last Chance
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: Unknown
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN AREA 0.4 MILE NE OF SMUGGLER MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG APPROXIMATED FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Development): CLAIMS LISTED ABOVE REPRESENT DELLA S. CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. ONLY PARTS OF DELLA S., GENERAL JACKSON, CHATFIELD, AND J. C. JOHNSON ARE INCLUDED DUE TO DISPUTE AND EVENTUAL COURT DECISION INVOLVING ADJACENT SMUGGLER-DURANT MINING CORP.
Comment (Workings): MINE APPARENTLY DEVELOPED BY J. C. JOHNSON TUNNEL AND AT LEAST 13 LEVELS
Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)
References
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 SURVEYS MS 1436, 1462, 3939, 3941, 3944, 4438, 6642, 7910, 6936
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 189-192
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