Lake View Claim

The Lake View Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Conejos county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,839 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

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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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