Dakota Maid Prospect

The Dakota Maid Prospect is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,900 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

Name: Dakota Maid Prospect

State:  Colorado

County:  Custer

Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead

Lat, Long: 38.16944, -105.45833

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Dakota Maid Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dakota Maid Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Silver Cliff


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
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: Epithermal veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns

Type: L
Description: Ben West Ring Fault; Adjacent Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): ON NORTHERN FRINGES N OF BEN WEST HILL; JUST EAST OF ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)


References

Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.


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