The Venture Lode Mine 1933 is a manganese mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 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: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.61778, -105.94583
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Venture Lode Mine 1933 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Venture Lode Mine 1933
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Calumet District (Turret 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1933
Discovery Year: 1933
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: Southern Mosquito Range, Northern Sangre De Cristo Range
Type: L
Description: Fault Trending N-S; Pleasant Valley Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EXTENT OF DEPOSIT UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT, 3 INCLINED TUNNELS
Comment (Location): "UPHILL" FROM TURRET ROAD, ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF CALUMET MINE, SOU TH OF CALUMET MOUNTAIN, SE OF RAILROAD GULCH. NEAR IRON KING MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Development): THE DEPOSIT WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1933, BUT THE ONLY KNOWN NAME FOR THE DEPOSIT IS THE VENTURE LODE, COINED IN 1933
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOG IC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): BEHRE, C.H., JR., OSBORN, E.F., RAINWATER, E.H, 1936, CONTACT ORE D EPOSITION AT THE CALUMET IRON MINE, COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 8, P. 804
Reference (Deposit): OSBORN, E.F. AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMENT, CO LORADO MINING DISTRICT: ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED M ASTER OF ARTS THESIS, P. 132-133.
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