The Robinson Mine is a silver mine located in Summit county, Colorado.
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Mine Info
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Robinson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Robinson Mine
Secondary: Robinson No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Tenmile - Kokomo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1902-1950
Material type: ore
Year: 1902
Time Period: 1880-02
Mined: 48501.370 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Rhodonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ROBINSON NO. 2 IN EMMONS (1898).
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1942, TENMILE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (UNCLASSIFIED MAP), SCALE: 1:12,000.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 652
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