The Hosa Lodge Mine is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,959 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: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.72222, -105.33056
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Hosa Lodge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hosa Lodge Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Malachite 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
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, Denver Basin
Type: L
Description: Black Hawk Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT ONE MILE NW OF HOSA LODGE ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CLEAR CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS FORM MASSES AND SMALL GRAINS THROUGHOUT HORNBLENDE-ACTINOLITE-TREMOLITE SCHIST ENCLOSED IN QUARTZITIC GNEISS. MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY LATER THAN CRYSTALLIZATION OF AMPHIBOLES. DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER FRONT RANGE HYPOTHERMAL REPLACEMENTS OCCURRING IN ACTINOLITE SCHIST OR OTHER CA-RICH ROCKS NEAR EDGE OF LARGE GRANITIC MASS.
Comment (Workings): 50-FT TUNNEL HEADING NW
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS INCLUDED IN MALACHITE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF SIMILARITY OF ROCK TYPES AND TYPE OF MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 70
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