The Pride of Aspen Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,949 Feet (2,423 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.19083, -106.82806
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Pride of Aspen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pride of Aspen Mine
Secondary: Claim: Pride of Aspen
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lois Ringquist
Home Office: Aspen, Co.
Years: 1964 -
Owner Name: B. C. Leasing Co.
Home Office: Glenwood Springs, Co.
Years: 1964 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1892
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: Pride Fault, Mary B. Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Castle Creek Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORDS BEFORE 1919 UNAVAILABLE. COLORADO DIV. MINES REPORTS PRODUCTION IN 1919 OF 60 TONS CRUDE ORE AND 900 TONS MILLING ORE, NO PRODUCTION IN 1927-28, PROSPECTING IN 1963, IDLE IN 1964
Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)
Comment (Location): AT NORTH BASE OF WEST ASPEN MTN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Workings): 400-FT-DEEP SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS RUNNING WESTWARD AT 200-AND 400-FT DEPTHS. TWO TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH DRIVEN GENERALLY SOUTHWARD
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 SURVEY MS 7364
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 165, PL. 41
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