The Isabel Mine is a zinc mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,746 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,746 Feet (2,361 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.61972, -105.47556
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Isabel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Isabel Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Guffey District (Freshwater District)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Christianson
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year Last Production: 1932
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: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE ZN ORE
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gahnite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Zoisite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH BANK OF SMITH GULCH, 2 MILES W OF JUNCTION WITH CURRANT CREEK, ON TALLAHASSEE ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): GNEISSIC FOLIATION TRENDS N 20-60 E AND IS VERTICAL; ORE OCCURS AS MASSES AND VEINLETS IN CONFORMABLE, COARSE, WHITE QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): INACCESSIBLE IN 1932
References
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R. A., EPIS, R. C. AND SCOTT, G. R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1: 62,500.
Reference (Deposit): TRAVER, W. M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J. W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, PART III: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 474.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T. S. AND GODDARD, E. N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223, P. 68-69.
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 80-81.
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