The Gold Anchor Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Costilla county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,080 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 12,080 Feet (3,682 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.56306, -105.48722
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Gold Anchor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Anchor Mine
Secondary: Courthouse Vein System
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Costilla
District: Blanca 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sierra Blanca Exploration Co.
Years: 1902 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1898
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: Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Ft. Garland Embayment
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. SECTIONS GIVEN ARE PROJECTED INTO UNSURVEYED LAND GRANT. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON CORNER OF TOWNSHIPS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Commodity): TELLUROBISMUTHITE (CHARACTERISTIC OF DISTRICT) MAY BE PRESENT
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLO. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., 1961, USGS BULL. 1114, P. 322-323
Reference (Deposit): HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, MINING IN COLORADO--A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION: USGS P-138, P. 110
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MGR. REPT., 1902, P. 114
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