The Unnamed Silver Occurrence is a mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.17278, -105.37778
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Unnamed Silver Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Silver Occurrence
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: South Tarryall Peak Area
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: Unconsolidated Sediments
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not 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, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Redskin Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ELLIS' ANALYSIS OF PANNED CONCENTRATE FROM GOOSE CREEK CONTAINED 0 .4 OZ/TON AG AND 0.002% MO. PANNED CONCENTRATE FROM HANKINS GULCH CONT AINED 1.8 OZ/TON AG AND 0.05% SN.
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG GOOSE CREEK AND HANKINS GULCH JUST ABOVE THEIR CONFLUENCE. E LEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX SITE OF SAMPLE ON HANKINS GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
References
Reference (Deposit): ELLIS, C.E., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE LOST CREEK WILDERNE SS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 61-83.
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUA DRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163.
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