The Unnamed Prospects is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,300 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: 12,300 Feet (3,749 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 37.58639, -107.46722
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Unnamed Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Emerald Lake 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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Basin
Type: L
Description: Unnamed Anticline, Unnamed Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM 1-FT ZONE OF ALTERED SCHIST AND SULFIDE STREAK CONTAINED 0.88 OZ/TON AG, 2.64% PB, 0.22% ZN. SAMPLE FROM OTHER 4 FT OF ALTERED ZONE CONTAINED 0.50 OZ/TON AG, 0.08 % CU, 0.12% ZN. 5-FT ZONE AVERAGES ABOUT 0.6 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). CLAIM BLOCK LOCATED IN SEC. 16, BUT STEVEN AND OTHERS (1969) EXAMINED PROSPECT ONE MILE WEST OF NORTH END OF LAKE ON NORTH SIDE OF RIDGE. LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT APPROXIMATED IN N2 SEC. 18. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
Comment (Deposit): ADIT FOLLOWS 5-FT-WIDE ZONE OF SOFT, ALTERED SCHIST TRENDING S 68 E, 67 SW. IN CENTER OF ZONE IS IRREGULAR DIKELIKE ZONE CONTAINING 1-INCH VEINLET OF SULFIDES. DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE DISSEMINATED SULFIDE CHARACTERISTIC OF METAVOLCANICS IN IRVING FM.
Comment (Workings): ONE CAVED TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH
References
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F, P. 111-112
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