Bon Homme Tunnel

The Bon Homme Tunnel is a copper and silver mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,371 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: Bon Homme Tunnel  

State:  Colorado

County:  Hinsdale

Elevation: 11,371 Feet (3,466 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.9325, -107.50722

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Bon Homme Tunnel MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bon Homme Tunnel
Secondary: Patented Claims: Fannie, MS 1100
Secondary: Addie Lovell, MS 1950
Secondary: B.C. Steinbeck, MS 1951
Secondary: Pelican, MS 1952
Secondary: Bon Homme, MS 1953
Secondary: Crown Point, MS 1954a
Secondary: Crown Point Mill Site, MS 1954b


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Park (Whitecross, Burrows Park, Adams) 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: William And Gardner Osborn
Home Office: Bryan, Tx.
Years: 1974 -

Owner Name: Reeves Minerals, Inc.
Home Office: Lake City, Co.
Years: 1974 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1974
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, 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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ACCORDING TO LIPMAN'S (1976) MAP, VEIN WOULD LIE IN ENE-TRENDING FAULT (DOWNDROPPED ON SE) THAT DISPLACES PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE ON NW AGAINST PICAYUNE MEGABRECCIA ON SE. WOOLSEY (1907) STATED THAT TUNNEL INTERSECTED FANNY VEIN THAT HAD BEEN SEEN ON OUTCROP, AND ORE CONSISTED CHIEFLY OF CHALCOPYRITE.

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL DRIVEN 1683 FT GENERALLY SE, WITH 300-FT NE CROSSCUT AND 100-FT SW CROSSCUT FROM FACE; RAISE OF UNKNOWN HEIGHT.

Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED ON HILLSIDE SE OF LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER 0.9 MILE SW OF WHITECROSS AND 1.35 MILE NNW OF HANDLES PEAK. SECTIONS LISTED INCLUDE THOSE COVERED BY STEINBECK'S CLAIMS. BON HOMME CLAIM LOCATED IN NW NE SEC. 03 (UNSURVEYED). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. PRODUCTION FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS BETWEEN 1880S AND EARLY 1900S.

Comment (Commodity): BI NOT VERIFIED HERE BUT IS BASED ON BROWN'S (1926) GENERAL OCCURRENCE OF LILLIANITE IN AREA.


References

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY. COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 51-15.

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): WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.

Reference (Deposit): LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THEHANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OFR-75-431.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1100, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 A&B

Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.


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