The Augusta Mine is a copper, silver, and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,339 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: 7,339 Feet (2,237 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 39.6175, -105.31722
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Augusta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Augusta Mine
Secondary: Augusta Lode Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Evergreen 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
Owner Name: Carmon De Diesse (Estate)
Home Office: Evergreen, Co.
Years: 1968 -
Owner Name: Alpha Mining And Milling
Home Office: Lakewood , Co.
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1966
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: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type: L
Description: Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone, Floyd Hill-Bergen Park Fracture Zone, Yankee Creek Pluton
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1963 ASSAY REPORTED 5% CU, 74% FLUORSPAR, 1.5 OZ/TON AG, 0.47 OZ/TON AU, 2% CO
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Willemite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS WELL-DEFINED QUARTZ-FLUORITE VEIN STRIKING NNW AND DIPPING 70 SW, LYING ON FAULT BELONGING TO EARLY BRECCIA REEF SYSTEM AND PROBABLY RELATED TO WEAKLY MINERALIZED FLOYD HILL-BERGEN PARK FRACTURE ZONE. SECOND SIMILAR BUT NARROWER VEIN TO NE OF AUGUSTA VEIN WAS NOT WORKED.
Comment (Workings): OLDER SURFACE CUTS; 130-FT-DEEP SHAFT; 270-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL WITH 26-FT WINZE SUNK ON MAIN VEIN, 70 FT OF NORTH-SOUTH DRIFTS
Comment (Development): FIRST WORKED TO SUPPLY FLUORSPAR FLUX TO BLACK HAWK SMELTER, BUT MOST OF FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION RAILED TO PUEBLO. MINOR PRODUCTION OF CU-AG ORE. LASTLY, HIGHWAY DEPT USED DUMP ROCK FOR ROAD MATERIAL. LAST REPORTED METALS EXPLORATION IN 1968.
Comment (Location): ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES OF CUB CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CONIFER QUADRANGLE, JEFEERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-597
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLO.: USGS BULL. 340, P. 157-174.
Reference (Deposit): AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 58-59
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 67-68, 279
Reference (Deposit): POUGH, F.H., 1941, THE OCCURRENCE OF WILLEMITE: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 26, NO. 2, P. 92-102
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3-COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. C13, C56.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS [copied from deleted record 10288633 = MAS 0080590026]
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