The Grand View Mine is a copper mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.51722, -105.93861
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Grand View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand View Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Salida Area/Cleora District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rainbow Mining Co.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Year Last Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1890
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 Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Major, Flat Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Scapolite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NE SIDE OF ARKANSAS RIVER; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): THIS PROPERTY WAS WORKED AS A COPPER PROSPECT FROM 1890-1905
Comment (Deposit): CHUNKS CONTAINING AS MUCH AS 60 LBS HIGH GRADE SCHEELITE FOUND ALONG FAULT
Comment (Workings): 7 ADITS, ONE SHAFT; ADIT 1 IS 115 FT LONG AND 25 FT ABOVE RAILROAD; ADIT 2 IS 150 FT ABOVE ADITI, DRIVEN N 35 E FOR 170 FT; ADITS 3 AND 4 ARE 50 AND 100 FT LONG AND 30-50 FT ABOVE AND WEST OF ADIT 2; ADIT 5 AT SAME ELEVATION AS ADIT 4, AND CAVED; ADIT 6 IS 16 FT LONG EXPOSING PARTLY OXIDIZED, COPPER-STAINED QUARTZ; ADIT 7 IS 60-FT LONG, HEAVILY TIMBERED; SHAFT IS CAVED
References
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN, TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 56-60
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO, A 100-YEAR RECORD: USGS BULLETIN 1114, P. 121
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, P. 1406-1428.
Reference (Deposit): BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.
Reference (Deposit): BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.
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