The Jennie Hayes Mine is a gold and silver mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,480 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 12,480 Feet (3,804 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.60056, -107.59583
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Jennie Hayes Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jennie Hayes Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim: Jennie Hayes
Secondary: Ms 19425
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: Needle Mountain (Tacoma, Florida, Vallecito) 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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 Uplift, San Juan Basin, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Needle Mtns Uplift, Chicago Basin Stock, Eolus Batholith, Trimble Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 9.000000+-0.900000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 10.100000+-1.100000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 10.100000+-1.100000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1460.000000+-70.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1466.000000+-20.000000
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 9.000000+-0.900000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1466.000000+-27.000000
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 10.100000+-1.100000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 9.000000+-0.900000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1466.000000+-27.000000
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1460.000000+-70.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1466.000000+-20.000000
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 10.100000+-1.100000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1466.000000+-27.000000
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 9.000000+-0.900000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1460.000000+-70.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1466.000000+-20.000000
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1466.000000+-27.000000
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 10.100000+-1.100000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1466.000000+-20.000000
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1460.000000+-70.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Precambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 9.000000+-0.900000
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: STEVEN AND OTHERS' (1969) ASSAY OF SELECTED DUMP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.02 OZ/TON AU, 25.48 OZ/TON AG, 1.23 % CU, 4.95 % PB, 5.94 % ZN. SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF TWO SULFIDE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN SAMPLES CONTAINED 50 PPM TI, 500 TO 2000 PPM MN, 150 TO 1000 PPM AG, LT 200 TO 300 PPM AS, 200 TO 2000 PPM BA, 10 TO 50 PPM BI, GT 500 PPM CD, LT 5 TO 7 PPM CR, 1000 TO 2000 PPM CU, 15 TO 20 PPM MO, GT 20000 PPM PB, LT 10 PPM SN, LT 100 TO 100 PPM SR, 10 TO 15 PPM V, LT 50 PPM W, GT 10000 PPM ZN. CHEMICAL ANALYSES SHOWED 0.20 TO 1.20 PPM AU, 1200 TO 5400 PPM CU, 7400 TO 9000 PPM PB, 24000 TO 84000 PPM ZN, GT 100 PPM SB.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). IN UPPER VALLECITO BASIN 0.25 MILE NE OF COLUMBINE LAKE AND 0.4 MILE NE OF COLUMBINE PASS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN TRENDS APPROX N 20 E AND APPARENTLY IS PART OF THE GENERALLY NORTH-SOUTH- OR NNW-SSE-TRENDING REGIONAL RECTANGULAR FRACTURE SYSTEM.
Comment (Workings): ONE CAVED ADIT OF UNKNOWN EXTENT AND HEADING GENERALLY NNE
References
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F, P. 30-32, 55-67, 103, 162-163.
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 131.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19425
Reference (Deposit): SCHMITT, L.J., AND RAYMOND, W.H., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT, SOUTH-WESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1434, 40 P.
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