The Sulphuret Mine is a silver mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,970 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: 8,970 Feet (2,734 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.00806, -107.29972
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Sulphuret Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sulphuret Mine
Secondary: Sulphuret-Cora Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Sulphuret, MS 589
Secondary: Cora, MS 615
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
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
Owner Name: H. E. Heath
Years: 1922 -
Owner Name: Sulphurette Mining And Milling Co.
Home Office: Pueblo, Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1921
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: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LIES ON LOWER HILLSIDE NE OF LAKE FORK AT VICKERS RANCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CORA ADIT, IN SE SE SE SE SEC. 04 (FORESHORTENED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Production): PROBABLE PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES REPORTED IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S. VOLUMES FOR 1914, 1915, 1916, 1919, AND 1922 NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY BUT COMBINED WITH FIGURES FROM OTHER LAKE DISTRICT MINES.
Comment (Deposit): MINE LOCATED ON GENERALLY N 55 E-TRENDING RADIAL FAULT CUTTING UNCOMPAHGRE MOAT-FILL ROCKS AND PROJECTING NE FROM LAKE CITY CALDERA AND RED MTN RHYOLITE INTRUSION. VEIN LIES IN SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, QUARTZ-SPHALERITE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): CDM REPORTS DESCRIBE SULPHURET WORKINGS AS 200-FT TUNNEL (DRIVEN GENERALLY NE), 40- AND 200-FT-DEEP SHAFTS. CORA TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY NE, EXTENT UNKNOWN.
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 589, 615
Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.; USGS/USBM MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S.; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK (1949)
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.
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