Treasure Comstock Group

The Treasure Comstock Group is a lead, gold, and copper mine located in Rio Grande county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Treasure Comstock Group

State:  Colorado

County:  Rio Grande

Elevation: 10,200 Feet (3,109 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 37.42833, -106.69528

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Treasure Comstock Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Treasure Comstock Group
Secondary: Copper Queen
Secondary: War Eagle Shaft
Secondary: Treasure Mountain
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Jack Pershing 1-4
Secondary: Treasure 1-20
Secondary: Treasure Comstock 1-4
Secondary: Black Hawk 1-4
Secondary: Copper Queen 1-4.


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Lloyd Larrson
Home Office: Pagosa Springs, Co.
Years: 1932 -

Owner Name: Treasure Mountain Mining, Milling, And Tunnel Co.
Home Office: Pagosa Springs, Co.
Years: 1932 -


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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field

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


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal


Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY FROM WAR EAGLE SHAFT CONTAINED 2.75 OZ/TON AU, 5% PB, 50% CU


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT PROBABLY NEAR ELWOOD CREEK SE OF MCCORMICK CABIN IN UNSURVEYED SECTION. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX C NE SEC. 30. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Workings): SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH, PROBABLE TUNNEL DEVELOPMENT


References

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

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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