The Eastern Star Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,471 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,471 Feet (2,582 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.9325, -105.64222
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Eastern Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eastern Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crestone 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Independence Mine Fault, "A" Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: epidote, quartz
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Upper Portions Oxidized To Limonite And Copper Carbonates
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEINS LIE IN SHEAR ZONES AND IRREGULAR FRACTURES AND CONTAIN FREE-MILLING GOLD AND CONSIDERABLE PYRITE
Comment (Location): AT COTTONWOOD ONE MILE SE OF INDEPENDENCE MINE. S-T-R ABOVE IS PROJECTED INTO UNSURVEYED LAND GRANT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
Reference (Deposit): CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BACA GRANT AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S., THESIS T-764
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