Bank Claim

The Bank Claim is a gold mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,720 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

Name: Bank Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  La Plata

Elevation: 7,720 Feet (2,353 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.59278, -107.77917

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Bank Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bank Claim
Secondary: Patented Claim: Bank
Secondary: Ms 1778


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: Cascade 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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
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 veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift

Type: L
Description: Needle Mtns Uplift


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1454.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1460.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Precambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: LIMONITE-STAINED GNEISS FROM DUMP CONTAINED 0.026 OZ/TON AU


Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT PIT

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON WEST SIDE OF ANIMAS RIVER APPROX MIDWAY BETWEEN CASCADE CREEK AND LITTLE CASCADE CREEK CONFLUENCES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974


References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1778

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P.57.

Reference (Deposit): BARKER, FRED, 1969, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 644-A.

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, AND HOLE, A.D., 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 171.


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