The Snowmass Creek Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.22111, -106.97694
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Snowmass Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowmass Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Snowmass 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
Not available
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: Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, Elk Uplift
Type: L
Description: Snowmass Creek Fault Zone, Roaring Fork Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: (SEE LAST PAGE)
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Zircon
Comments
Comment (Location): AT NE BASE OF EAGLE MTN WEST OF SNOWMASS CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Commodity): NO DISCREET SILVER MINERALS WERE OBSERVED
Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT DRIVEN GENERALLY SW
References
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HIGHLAND PEAK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-932
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1073, P. 115-120
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