The Lake View Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Conejos county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,839 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
Elevation: 9,839 Feet (2,999 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.33861, -106.49361
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Lake View Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lake View Claim
Secondary: Claims: Lake View
Secondary: Queen Bee, MS 18859
Secondary: April Queen, MS 18859
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Conejos
District: Ute (Platoro) 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Platoro Fault Zone, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 29.800000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 29.800000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PATTON (1917) REPORTS THAT DUMP ORE FROM THREE CLAIMS AVERAGES $7.00/TON (OLD PRICES)
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Gold
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Miargyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Digenite
Ore: Zinkenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS LIE IN SEC. 25 ON SE-PROJECTING RIDGE FROM MAMMOTH MTN SOUTH OF CONEJOS RIVER. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR TUNNEL PORTAL OF QUEEN BEE AND APRIL QUEEN CLAIMS IN S2 SE SEC. 24 (SECTIONS PROJECTED INTO UNSURVEYED AREA). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS LISTED ABOVE ARE REPORTED FROM MAMMOTH-REVENUE MINE, AND ALTHOUGH NOT ALL ARE SPECIFICALLY NOTED AT OTHER MINES IN DISTRICT, THEY ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THEM (BIRD, 1973). ARSENOPYRITE REPORTED BY PATTON (1917) CITED FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT. PETZITE (TELLURIDE) REPORTED BY PATTON IN GILMORE AND PLATORO DISTRICTS WAS PROBABLY MISIDENTIFIED SULFIDE (BIRD, 1973). MINOR PRODUCTION OF CU AND PB UNCERTAIN DUE TO LACK OF OLDER PRODUCTION RECORDS.
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS LIE IN AXELL DISTRICT AND APPARENTLY DEVELOP SW EXTENSION OF CALIFORNIA GULCH (MAJOR DAWN) FAULT AS MAPPED BY BIRD (1973). FAULT TRENDS ABOUT N 55 E, DOWNTHROWN ON SE, WITH SHORT SUBPARALLEL FAULT TO SE. BOTH OF THESE FAULTS ARE INTERSECTED BY TWO SHORT N 0 TO 10 W-TRENDING FAULTS THAT APPEAR TO BE RESURGENT RADIAL FAULTS (WITH RESPECT TO CALDERA RIM). AS CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT IS THE MAJOR SOUTH-BOUNDING FAULT OF THE CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK, IT IS PROBABLY DEEP ENOUGH TO HAVE TAPPED UNDERLYING MAGMA CHAMBER, THUS PROVIDING CONDUIT FOR MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS.
Comment (Workings): 200-FT TUNNEL AND SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON LAKE VIEW CLAIM; 175-FT TUNNEL WITH SOME CROSSCUTS AND A TRENCH ON QUEEN BEE AND APRIL QUEEN CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): BIRD, W.H., 1972, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: MTN. GEOLOGIST, V. 9, NO. 4, P. 379-387.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 18859
Reference (Deposit): BIRD, W.H., 1973, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLATORO CALDERA COMPLEX AND ITS RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS, SOUTHEAST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-1440.
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.
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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