The Colorado is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,136 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,136 Feet (2,175 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.93667, -112.09444
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Colorado MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado
Secondary: Colorado Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: HORIZONTAL PIPE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Tintic Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone Surrounds The Ore Shoot.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Smithsonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS OF NO. 1 SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE BECK TUNNEL ORE BODY AND FOLLOWS THE ALMOST HORIZONTAL AXIS OF THE TINTIC SYNCLINE.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS: NO. 1 IS 500 FT, NO. 2 IS 300 FT.
Comment (Production): BETWEEN 1907 - 13 , 108,939 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED AT GROSS VALUE OF $5,275,085 .
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 236 - 8 .
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1919-1935, 1940 - 59
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZN DEP. OF US: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 73
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D. R., 1957 , GEOL OF E. TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12 , PL 3 .
Reference (Production): USGS PP 107 , UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 12
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