The Unnamed Prospect is a copper, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Costilla county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,390 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,390 Feet (2,862 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.26306, -105.33250
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Costilla
District: El Plomo 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Epithermal veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Culebra Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone
Type: L
Description: Unnamed Normal Faults Associated With East Edge Of Rift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF RITO SECO ON PRIVATE LAND WITHIN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO GRANT, WHICH IS UNSURVEYED. PROBABLE LOCATION BASED ON AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION AND VAN DEIST'S MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): AU CONTAINED IN QUARTZ-PYRITE REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULT ZONE. HOST APPEARS TO BE ALTERED LAVA FLOW WITHIN SEQUENCE OF CONGLOMERATES, SANDSTONES, AGGLOMERATES, AND OTHER FLOWS IN SANTA FE AND/OR VALLEJO FMS SIMILAR TO PLOMO (RITO SECO) MINE (ACCORDING TO JOHNSON'S (1969) MAP), BUT VAN DEIST SHOWS HOST TO BE SILURIAN (MORE LIKELY PENNSYLVANIAN) SILICEOUS LIMESTONE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. FAULT TRENDS N 35 E, 52.5 NW.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): VAN DEIST, E.C., AND VAN DEIST, P.H., 1898, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE IN COSTILLA COUNTY, COLO.: COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 5, P. 76-80.
Reference (Deposit): GUNTHER, C.G., 1905, THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF PLOMO, SAN LUIS PARK, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 1, P. 143-154.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, COLO. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 65.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, W.I., 1935, BRIEF REPORT ON THE EAST BLACKMORE TRACT: COLO. STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 1 P.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
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