The San Isabel Mining and Milling Co. Claims is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,799 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: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.04861, -105.72361
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San Isabel Mining and Milling Co. Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Isabel Mining and Milling Co. Claims
Secondary: Albert
Secondary: America
Secondary: Aubury
Secondary: Bernard
Secondary: Berynidia
Secondary: Carstin
Secondary: Century
Secondary: Farrrington
Secondary: Fitts
Secondary: Gamella
Secondary: Gran-Lee
Secondary: Imogene
Secondary: Jim K
Secondary: Johnson
Secondary: Mabel
Secondary: Mitchell
Secondary: Neri
Secondary: Paul Bertram
Secondary: Reese
Secondary: Rein
Secondary: Rosetta
Secondary: Standard No. 13
Secondary: Sutherland
Secondary: Sykes
Secondary: Virginia
Secondary: York State Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
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
Owner Name: San Isabel Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1905 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Structure: thrust faults
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED VALUES RAN $3 TO $88/TON, WITH HIGH OF $388/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D009957 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Production): DUNHAM REPORTED PRODUCTION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF GALENA CONCENTRATES AND A CARLOAD OF BARITE WAS SHIPPED IN 1932.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT INCLINED ADITS AND SMALL OPENCUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGER'S REPTS. 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 13914, 13917A, 13917B
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628
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