The Apex Tunnel is a antimony mine located in Conejos county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,649 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,649 Feet (2,941 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 37.39361, -106.53278
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Apex Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apex Tunnel
Secondary: Watrous Claims
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Colorado
County: Conejos
District: Decatur West (Stunner) 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Alamosa River Stock, Cornwall Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN TRENDS ABOUT N 35 W ALONG LOWER REACH OF ACME GULCH IN SUMMITVILLE ANDESITE ALONG SOUTH MARGIN OF SUMMITVILLE CALDERA AGAINST CORNWALL RING FAULT THAT TRUNCATES CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK WITHIN PLATORO CALDERA TO SOUTH. TUNNEL DRIVEN INTO HILLSIDE TO INTERSECT VEIN. OTHER MINERALIZATION NOT REPORTED, BUT STIBNITE CRYSTALS SUPPOSEDLY WERE REMOVED.
Comment (Workings): 150-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY SOUTH OF SE
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT ESTIMATED FROM PATTON'S DESCRIPTION TO BE SOUTH OF ALAMOSA RIVER NEAR MOUTH OF ACME GULCH, 3.25 MILES ENE OF LOOKOUT MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
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