The Ace High-Jackpot Prospect is a copper and iron mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,619 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: 8,619 Feet (2,627 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Iron
Lat, Long: 38.6325, -106.00417
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Ace High-Jackpot Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ace High-Jackpot Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Turret District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Glen R. Lemberg And Son
Home Office: Salida, Co.
Years: 1969 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults, Pleasant Valley Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Psilomelane
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Gahnite
Gangue: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 700 FT ABOVE RAILROAD GULCH, ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF TURRET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND INCLINE: WORKINGS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT
References
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PONCHA SPRINGS NE QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 626, P. 43-44.
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.
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 100
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