The Sterling Group is a silver, zinc, copper, and lead mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,601 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: 11,601 Feet (3,536 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.88444, -107.49806
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Sterling Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sterling Group
Secondary: Patented Claims: Sterling, MS 6267
Secondary: Nellie, G., MS 6267
Secondary: Conalon, MS 6267
Secondary: Dolphin, MS 6267
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Sterling Extension Nos. 1-2
Secondary: Conalon Extension No. 1
Secondary: Dolphin Extension Nos. 1-2
Secondary: Midnight No. 1
Secondary: Sleeper No. 1
Secondary: Sunday Nos. 1-4
Secondary: Sunday Extension Nos. 1-2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Sherman 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
Owner Name: James Wells
Home Office: Lake City, Co.
Years: 1970 -
Owner Name: 32-36 Development Co.
Home Office: Lake City, CO
Years: 1970 -
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, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, BUT CLAIMS LIE ON STEEP HILLSIDE NORTH OF SNARE CREEK 0.5 TO 1.0 MILE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH CUBA GULCH AND COTTONWOOD CREEK. CLAIMS EXTEND WESTWARD ONTO HANDIES PEAK (1955) QUAD. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX MIDPOINT OF CLAIM GROUP IN NW SEC. 23. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): TWO OLD SHAFTS 12 AND 110 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6267
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.
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): LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
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