The Anglo-Saxon Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado.
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Anglo-Saxon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anglo-Saxon Mine
Secondary: Anglo Saxon
Secondary: Anglo-Saxon Extension
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Georgetown-Silver Plume District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1890
Year: 1889
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): $700,000 PRIOR TO 1883, SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1889-1890; INACTIVE IN 1904
Comment (Workings): Anglo-Saxon has 4 levels, crosscuts and shafts; Anglo-Saxon Extension has 7 levels, aggregating 2500 feet.
Comment (Commodity): Small shipments of very rich silver ore, up to several thousand oz. silver per ton, from near the surface.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SULPHIDE VEIN STRIKES N 70 E, DIPS NEAR VERTICAL, IN ALTERED GRANITE, PEGMATITE, AND GNEISS.
Comment (Location): On the NW slope of Saxon Mountain, about 1-1/2 miles NE of Georgetown, in SW/4 sec.4, T 4 S, R 74 W. The Anglo-Saxon Extension adjoins it below and to the SW.
References
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 223, PG 153
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 63, 1908, PG 291
Reference (Deposit): BLM CONNECTING SHEETS
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