The Sodom Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,720 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,720 Feet (2,658 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.72944, -105.64111
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Sodom Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sodom Mine
Secondary: Dixie Group
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Dixie Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6
Secondary: Shiny Lo De
Secondary: Monzonite
Secondary: Spring Load
Secondary: Standard
Secondary: Basic Load
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Edwon G. Yedlik
Home Office: Fort Collins, Co.
Years: 1971 -
Owner Name: Infinite Peace Mining Co.
Home Office: Fort Collins, Co.
Years: 1971 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type: L
Description: Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF SEVENMILE CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPR OX CENTER SEC. 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1932-38. ORIGINALLY OPERATED BY DIXIE GOLD MINING CO, WHICH ALSO BUILT 25-TPD MILL. 9-YD TRIAL SHIPMEN T OF ORE IN 1971.
Comment (Deposit): AIRPHOTOS INDICATE PROBABLE QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE TRENDING N45 TO 60W ACROSS SCHISTS AND GNEISSES APPROX TO CENTER OF SECTION.
Comment (Workings): 150-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL WITH 500 FT OF DRIFT AND CROSSCUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLOREDO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 285-286
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