The Eclipse Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.09806, -106.83056
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Eclipse Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eclipse Mine
Secondary: Claims: Wyoming, MS 4190
Secondary: Eclipse No. 1
Secondary: Eclipse No. 2
Secondary: Tunnel Lode
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Columbia 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
Owner Name: Eclipse Mining Co.
Years: 1921 -
Owner Name: F. R. Leaver And Associates
Years: 1921 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Creek Basin, Elk Uplift
Type: L
Description: White Rock Pluton, Elk Range Thrust Fault, Castle Creek Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON HILLSIDE SW OF CASTLE CREEK AND NORTH OF SAWYER CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR SMALL GRANODIORITE PLUG ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERAL IDENTIFIED ON BASIS OF GENERAL OCCURRENCE FOR DISTRICT
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY WORKED THROUGH 100-FT-LONG LITTLE TOM TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HAYDEN PEAK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-863
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT.
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