The Resolute Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,825 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
Elevation: 8,825 Feet (2,690 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 37.675, -108.03056
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Resolute Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Resolute Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Newman Group
Secondary: New York Group
Secondary: Shehocton Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Pioneer (Rico) 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: Resolute Mining Co.
Home Office: Rico, Co.
Years: 1919 -
Production
Year: 1919
Description: Ap_Grade: ^90 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.5 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1919
Description: Ap_Grade: ^5358 Oz/Ton Ag, 43 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE AG PB ACC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^36.26 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.23 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE AG PB ACC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1600 Oz/Ton Ag, 10 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1917
Description: Ap_Grade: ^6 Oz/Ton Ag, 40% Pb, 10% Zn, 1% Cu, 0.02 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1919
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 replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin
Type: L
Description: Rico Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). LOCATION HIGHLY UNCERTAIN, BUT CLAIM NAME OF SHEHOCTON SUGGESTS POSSIBLE LOCATION EAST OF DOLORES RIVER AND SOUTH OF DEADWOOD GULCH IN W2 W2 SEC. 01. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FROM MCKNIGHT, 1974, PL. 1 (1930 BASE). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Production): PROBABLE PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1917. NO APPARENT PRODUCTION AFTER 1919.
Comment (Workings): CDM INF. REPT. DESCRIBES WORKINGS AS STOPE 50 FT LONG AND 25 FT HIGH IN LEVEL AT 40 FT IN RAISE, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723. P. 73-75.
Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORAD: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
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