The St. Kevin Mine is a silver mine located in Lake county, Colorado.
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St. Kevin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Kevin Mine
Secondary: St. Kevin shaft, Grandview shaft, Rosse tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Lake
District: St. Kevin-Sugarloaf District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Veins in fissure zones in Precambrian granite, and schist and gneiss, trend ENE to east and dip to the north. Silver, and some gold, are the main products sought.
Comment (Location): Shaft is about 1 mile north of Turquoise Lake and 6 miles NW of Leadville, in the SE/4 sec 1, T 9 S, R 81 W.
Comment (Production): Incomplete records credit the mine with almost 1 million oz of silver production. (Sunshine files, 1983)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Total reserves (mostly inferred) of 120,000 tons of material containing 22 oz/ton silver and 0.06 oz/ton gold. (Sunshine files, 1983)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAY BE GOOD IF RADIOACTIVITY IS DUE TO U
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS - PRR - D - 377
Reference (Deposit): Singewald, Q. D., 1951, Sugar Loaf and St. Kevin mining districts, Lake County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1027-E, p. 251-299.
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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