The Red Spring Tunnel is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,681 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,681 Feet (2,646 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.14111, -105.35722
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Red Spring Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Spring Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type: L
Description: Ring Fault For Rosita Volcanic Center
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Probably Argillized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL 270 FT BECOMING INCLINE WITH 20 DEGREE DIP FOR 97 FT; SHAFT MEETS LOWER END OF INCLINE 64 FT FROM SURFACE AND SINKS AN ADDITIONAL 36 FT
Comment (Location): ON HILL NORTH OF CAROLINA GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT ALL APPEARS TO BE IN MUD; PROBABLY MUD IS DEVITRIFICATION PRODUCT RELATED TO VOLCANIC VENT; POSSIBLY IT IS GOUGE RELATED TO RING FAULT
Comment (Geology): GNEISS UNDERLIES VOLCANICS
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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