The New Shaft is a gold and silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,121 Feet (2,780 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.12806, -105.32972
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New Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Shaft
Secondary: Whistle Pipe
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1878
Discovery Year: 1877
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
Model Name: Epithermal veins
Orebody
Name: Whistle Pipe
Form: breccia pipe
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type: L
Description: Breccia Pipe, Faults, Fractures, Mineralized Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strongly Argillized; Quartz Zone
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR BASSICK MINE NORTH OF QUERIDA; WORKINGS POSSIBLY/PROBABLY ADJOIN BASSICK MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS DEPOSITED IN CONCENTRIC LAYERS AROUND BRECCIA BOULDERS; OUTER ZNS LAYER RICHEST IN AG
Comment (Geology): CHARCOAL SEVERAL INCHES LONG SHOWING WOODY FIBERS, SILICIFICATION AND PYRITE FOUND AT DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.
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