Hugh Bly Mine

The Hugh Bly Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Rio Grande county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,057 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

Name: Hugh Bly Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Rio Grande

Elevation: 12,057 Feet (3,675 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.41861, -106.59611

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Hugh Bly Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hugh Bly Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Rio Grande
District: Summit (Summitville) District


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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Summitville Fault, South Mounain Dome


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Alunite Solfataric Alteration


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): ON EAST NOSE OF SOUTH MTN 650 FT SW OF IOWA PORTAL. PORTAL ELEV FROM STEVEN AND RATTE (1960, PL.4). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Deposit): SOUTH TEWKSBURY VEIN ZONE TRENDS N 30 W. MINE DEVELOPED AT SOUTH END IN LARGE MASS OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED ROCK (VUGGY QUARTZ ROCK OF QUARTZ-ALUNITE ZONE)

Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN S 75 W FOR 350 FT WITH 60FT OF DRIFT ON SOUTH TEWSKBURY VEIN AT 80 FT FROM PORTAL; PROBABLY CONNECTED TO SURFACE, TO IOWA LEVEL, AND TO S.T.T. SUBLEVEL VIA SHAFT AT SOUTH END OF TEWKSBURY GLORY HOLE (SOUTH TEWKSBURY STOPE).


References

Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.

Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1960 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUMMITVILLE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.

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


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