The Leeks Lode is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,159 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: 7,159 Feet (2,182 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.41667, -105.44944
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Leeks Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leeks Lode
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Copper Gulch 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: Max E. Leek
Home Office: Pueblo, Co.
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field;
Type: L
Description: Nne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN WASHTUB GULCH; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS LENSES OF SULFIDE ORE IN PEGMATITE. LENSES, ABOUT 1 FT WIDE BY 2 FT LONG ARE ENVELOPED BY CALCITE-RICH ROCK
Comment (Workings): 60 FT SHAFT, 180 FT OF ADITS, DRIFTS, 2 SMALL PITS; THE TWO ADITS EXPLORED TWO LEVELS OF THE PEGMATITE; THE SHAFT WAS ON THE HANGING WALL OF THE PEGMATITE
References
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 82
Reference (Deposit): DAHLEM D. H., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AREA, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: UNIV. OF MICHIGAN, PH. D. THESIS.
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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