The Nellie M. Mine is a silver mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,930 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: 8,930 Feet (2,722 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.00722, -107.31139
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Nellie M. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nellie M. Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim: Nellie M.
Secondary: Ms 623
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Lake (Lake City) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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 Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED NEAR BASE OF HILL ON SW SIDE OF LAKE FORK BETWEEN CROOKE FALLS AND VICKERS RANCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PORTAL OF UPPER TUNNEL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): MINE LIES JUST NE OF LAKE CITY CALDERA WALL IN UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA MOAT-FILL SEQUENCE, WHICH IS CUT BY GENERALLY N 53 TO 58 E-TRENDING RADIAL FAULT, DOWNDROPPING EUREKA MEMBER, HENSON MEMBER SANDSTONE, AND FISH CANYON TUFF ON NW AGAINST EUREKA MEMBER ON SE. TUNNEL REPORTEDLY FOLLOWS BROKEN, SHEETED ZONE CONTAINING STREAKS OF METALLIC MINERAL. VEIN LIES IN SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, INNER QUARTZ-SPHALERITE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY SW FOR 700 FT. UPPER TUNNEL DRIVEN S 53 W ALONG VEIN FOR 510 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 101.
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): 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): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 623
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 179-180.
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