The West Leviathan Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,219 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,219 Feet (2,810 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.10556, -105.34000
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West Leviathan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Leviathan Mine
Secondary: West Leviathan-Stephen-Leavenworth vein
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita Hills District
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
Discovery Year: 1874
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type: L
Description: Rosita Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weakly Argillized
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): IN POVERTY GULCH, 1/2 MILE NNW OF ROSITA, IN THE NE/4 SEC.29, T 22 S, R 71 W.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A 1981 report suggested that silver deposits may occur along this NW extension of the Humboldt-Pocahontas vein. (Sunshine files)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTEDLY CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.
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