The Osirio Mine is a nickel mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel
Lat, Long: 39.39528, -105.39361
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Osirio Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Osirio Mine
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Tarryall Mountains Area
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Shawnee Fault, Deer Creek Fault, Pine Gulch Fault, Unnamed Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG HOLMES GULCH. TRAVER (1947) GIVES LOCATION AS INCLUDING SEC. 25, T7S, R 72 W AND SEC. 31, T75, R 71 W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Commodity): NI MAY BE CONTAINED IN CHALCOPYRITE OR PYRRHOTITE
Comment (Deposit): NO SPECIFIC SITE DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE, BUT LOVERING AND GODDARD (1950) DESCRIBE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AREA DEPOSITS: "THE HYPOTHERMAL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ARE PERHAPS THE MOST WIDESPREAD OF THE PRE-CAMBRIAN ORE DEPOSITS BUT ARE NEARLY EVERYWHERE NONCOMMERCIAL. THE ORES COMMONLY OCCUR NEAR THE EDGE OF LARGE GRANITIC MASSES IN ACTINOLITE SCHIST OR OTHER LIMY BEDS OF (PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHICS). THE ORE BODIES USUALLY CONSIST OF COARSELY CRYSTALLIZED AGGREGATES OF AMPHIBOLE AND CALCITE WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF THE SULFIDE MINERALS, THE MOST ABUNDANT OF WHICH ARE CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE. IN SOME PLACES NICKEL AND COBALT MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PYRRHOTITE AND CHALCOPYRITE, AND IN A FEW LOCALITIES SPHALERITE WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF GALENA IS MORE ABUNDANT THAN CHALCOPYRITE...SOME OF THE BETTER-KNOWN DEPOSITS ARE THOSE ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF THE TARRYALL MOUNTAINS JUST WEST OF THE PIKES PEAK GRANITE BATHOLITH..."
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 64-65
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1976, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAILEY QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-816
Reference (Deposit): TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W. MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 475.
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