The Daisy-Hibernia Mine is a gold and silver mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,801 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: 10,801 Feet (3,292 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.40472, -108.01583
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Daisy-Hibernia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daisy-Hibernia Mine
Secondary: Daisy Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Daisy, MS 15567
Secondary: Joe Graff, MS 15621
Secondary: Hibernia, MS 15621
Secondary: Bluff, MS 15621
Secondary: Lida May, MS 15621
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: California (La Plata) 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type: L
Description: La Plata Dome
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Pb Sulfide
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). IN HEADWATERS OF LIGHTNER CREEK SOUTH OF EAGLE PASS AND EAST OF PUZZLE PASS, 2.65 MILES ENE OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
Comment (Development): VEINS DISCOVERED IN 1880S AND INTERMITTENT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CONDUCTED DURING FOLLOWING 20 YEARS.
Comment (Deposit): COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS AND DIKES. NEAR DAISY MINE, BEDS TREND N 80 W, 19 SW, AND ARE CUT BY 20-FT PORPHYRY DIKE TRENDING N 60 TO 70 E. VEIN ZONE INCLUDES VEINS OF INTRUSIVE BRECCIA AND ORE-BEARING QUARTZ IN 4- TO 5-FT SHEAR ZONE, WHICH CONSISTS OF FRACTURED, SHEARED, PARTLY SILICIFIED COUNTRY ROCK. BRECCIA ZONE CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF SHALE, SANDSTONE, PORPHYRY WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE IN FINE-GRAINED MATRIX FORCED INTO OPENINGS IN FRACTURE ZONE. ORE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN CUTS BRECCIA IN CENTER OF FRACTURE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND SHAFTS. DAISY MINE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND TWO ADITS DRIVEN DUE EAST AND DUE WEST FOR 100 TO 150 FT; MUCH UNDERHAND AND LITTLE OVERHEAD STOPING IN WEST ADIT; OVERHEAD STOPING IN EAST ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880S
References
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 108-109.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 15567, 15621
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