The Missouri Favorite Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,058 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
Elevation: 9,058 Feet (2,761 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.02222, -107.33083
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Missouri Favorite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Missouri Favorite Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Lake (Lake City) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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, San Juan Depression
Type: L
Description: San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT IRVING AND BANCROFT (1911) GIVE LOCATION AS ABOUT 0.75 MILE WEST OF LAKE CITY ON NORTH SIDE OF HENSON CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX MIDPOINT OF UNPATENTED CLAIM AT THIS GENERAL LOCATION, AS SHOWN ON STEVEN AND OTHERS' (1977) MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): MINE LOCATED NORTH OF LAKE CITY CALDERA WALL IN UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA MOAT-FILL SEQUENCE, ALONG PROBABLE CONCENTRIC FAULT OR FRACTURE TRENDING N 50 W, 70 SW. VEIN LIES IN SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, OUTER RHODOCHROSITE-TETRAHEDRITE ZONE. FAULT CHARACTERIZED BY SLICKENSIDES ON WEST SIDE OF VEIN AND BY CONSIDERABLE UNSTABLE CLAY AND MUD GOUGE.
Comment (Workings): 600-FT DRIFT TUNNEL PROBABLY DRIVEN GENERALLY NORTH; AT 250 FT FROM PORTAL, 350-FT DRIFT DRIVEN FROM MAIN DRIFT AT 20- TO 30-DEG ANGLE TO NW.
References
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.
Reference (Deposit): IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 98-99.
Reference (Deposit): SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 7, P. 963-991.
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STUDY AREAS CONTIGUOUS TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1391-E, PL. 3.
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