The Peerless Mine is a gold mine located in Montezuma county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,600 Feet (3,231 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.43444, -108.10333
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Peerless Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peerless Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim: Peerless
Secondary: Ms 9812
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montezuma
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
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 replacement
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type: L
Description: La Plata Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALTHOUGH DEPOSIT NOT DIRECTLY OBSERVED, IT IS THOUGHT TO BE REPLACEMENT OF A DISCONTINUOUS LIMESTONE LENS NEAR INTERSECTION WITH NORTH-SOUTH- TO NW-SE-TRENDING 20-FT DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE. BEDS STRIKE NE, DIP 21 NW. DEPOSIT IS UNIQUE IN DISTRICT IN THAT ORE OCCURS IN LIMESTONE AT CONTACT BETWEEN DOLORES FM AND ENTRADA SANDSTONE.
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN EXTENT DRIVEN GENERALLY S 15 E
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON SOUTH SIDE OF WEST MANCOS RIVER AT NORTH BASE OF JACKSON RIDGE, 3.25 MILES NW OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
Comment (Development): CLAIM SURVEYED BY HAYDEN MINING AND MILLING CO. IN 1896
References
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 68-69, 159-160.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 9812
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