The Columbine Mine is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.39056, -105.35444
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Columbine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Grape Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1945
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: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Ilse Fault; Brecciated Shear Zone 3 Ft Wide, Strikes Due East; Horseshoe Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CU (0.10-0.5%), ZN (0.43-5.3%), PB (0.2-4.7%), AG (0.1-1.3 OZ/TON)
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 TRENCHES WITH SHAFT COMPLEX WITH DRIFTS, WINZES AND AT LEAST 3 LEVELS OF WORKINGS; TRENCH 1 IS 18 FT WIDE BY 76 FT LONG, BEARING N 55 E, TERMINATING AT FLOODED SHAFT 1. SHAFT 1 CONNECTS WITH LOWEST LEVEL IN WORKINGS; TRENCH 2 IS OFFSET 8 FT NW OF SHAFT 1 AND BEARS N 60 E FOR 16 FT, TERMINATING AT FLOODED SHAFT 2, 17 FT DOWN FROM SURFACE LEVEL. SHAFT 3, DUE EAST OF SHAFT 2, HAS 100 FT DRIFT, WINZE PROVIDING ACCESS TO LOWER LEVELS. LOWER LEVELS FLOODED.
Comment (Development): OPENED IN MID 1940'S. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS OR ORE GRADE REPORTS AVAILABLE; THERE IS A STOCKPILE OF WHAT IS APPARENTLY ORE ON THE PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLY WESTERNMOST EXTENSION OF HORSESHOE-EL PLOMO MASSIVE SULFIDE ZONE
Comment (Geology): GOSSAN VEINS RUN GENERALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO MAIN SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): COKER, 1982
Comment (Location): SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 11 MILES, TAKE NW FORK OF ROAD FOR 1.5 MILES THEN TURN SOUTH 1 MILE TO MARSH GULCH DRAINAGE. PROCEED 2 MILES UP DRAINAGE. MINE IS 0.25 MILE TO EAST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 25-29
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.
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