Lady Bug Mine

The Lady Bug Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Rio Grande county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,639 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Lady Bug Mine

State: Colorado

County: Rio Grande

Elevation: 9,639 Feet (2,938 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc

Lat, Long: 37.40639, -106.70611

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Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Colorado
County: Rio Grande
District: Crater 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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Aztec Industries
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.
Years: 1971 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1896
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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: POD

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Platoro Caldera, Elwood Creek Fault Zone, Crater Creek Stock And Satellites

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM OLDER PROSPECTS AND STOCKPILES NORTH OF LOWER PORTAL CONTAINED TRACE AU, 0.1 TO 1.4 OZ/TON AG, UP TO 0.06% CU, UP TO 0.15% PB, UP TO 7.9% ZN (VISIBLE SPHALERITE). VEIN SAMPLES FROM DRIFT IN LOWER TUNNEL CONTAINED TRACE TO 0.2 OZ/TON AG, UP TO 0.02% CU, UP TO 0.15% PB, 0.2% ZN. SECOND VEIN IN LATERAL CONTAINED 1.6 TO 1.9 OZ/TON AG, 0.6 TO 1.0% PB, 1 TO 4% ZN, 0.008 TO 0.016% CU. WEIGHTED AVERAGE METAL CONTENTS FOR 14 SAMPLES IN 5.3-FT-WIDE VEIN IN RAISE ARE 0.67 TO 0.72 OZ/TON AG, 0.06% PB, 4.2 TO 4.5% ZN, WITH TRACE AU, MINOR CU, 0.07 TO 0.5% CD (ASSOCIATED WITH SPHALERITE). WEIGHTED AVERAGE METAL CONTENTS FOR 4 SAMPLES ALONG UPPER TUNNEL ARE 3.8 OZ/TON AG, 2.7 TO 3.1% PB, 9.8 TO 11.2% ZN, WITH TRACE AU, MINOR CU, 0.01 TO 0.02% BI, 0.04 TO 0.3% CD.

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECTS AND SAMPLE SITES; MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO TUNNELS. LOWER LEVEL DRIVEN S 62 E FOR 525 FT TO FAULT ZONE; AT 480 FT, LATERNAL DRIVEN S 24 E FOR 125 FT; AT 45 FT ON THIS BRANCH TUNNEL, 60-FT DRIFT DRIVEN S 58 W WITH 79-FT RAISE PROBABLY TO UPPER LEVEL. PORTAL OF UPPER TUNNEL IS 438 FT S 49 E OF LOWER PORTAL. UPPER LEVEL DRIVEN N 52 TO 65 E FOR 270 FT. RAISE FROM LOWER LEVEL PROBABLY CONNECTS AT 70 FT INSIDE UPPER TUNNEL. SHORT UPPER RAISE AT 247 FT FROM PORTAL.

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON NE SIDE OF CRATER CREEK 0.5 MILE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH EAST FORK SAN JUAN RIVER AND 1.3 MILES BELOW CRATER LAKE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LINDQUIST, 1977

Comment (Development): LAST REPORTED ACTIVITY WAS EXTENSION OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SAMPLING

Comment (Deposit): TUNNELS DRIVEN INTO ALTERED ANDESITE PORPHYRY OF CONEJOS FM VENT FACIES INTRUDED BY SMALL MONZONITE STOCK TO NE. LOWER TUNNEL INTERSECTS FAULT ZONE TRENDING N 57 E, 81 SE, AND CONTAINING GOUGE WITH MINOR PYRITE AND SPHALERITE. ON HANGING WALL IS VEIN OF FINE-GRAINED CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ WITH DISCONTINUOUS PODS AND STRINGERS OF SPHALERITE AND MINOR PYRITE CONTAINING HIGHER AG, PB, AND ZN VALUES THAN GOUGE.

References

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 10261

Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.

Reference (Deposit): LINDQUIST, A.E., 1977, METALLIC AND COAL RESOURCES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHAMA-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MINERAL, RIO GRANDE, ARCHULETA, AND CONEJOS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-309.

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