The Minnie Lee Mine is a zinc, lead, silver, and gold mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,499 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: 11,499 Feet (3,505 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.87944, -107.48028
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Minnie Lee Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnie Lee Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Minnie Lee, MS 1473a
Secondary: Minnie Lee Mill Site, MS 1473b
Secondary: Morning Star, MS 12879
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Sherman 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: Meyer, Herman
Home Office: Lake City, Co.
Years: 1928 -
Owner Name: Freeman Brothers
Home Office: Lake City, Co.
Years: 1928 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type: L
Description: San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Silverton Caldera, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, BUT CLAIMS LIE ON HILLSIDE ON EAST SIDE OF CUBA GULCH 0.2 TO 0.4 MILES SOUTH OF CONFLUENCE WITH SNARE CREEK AND COTTONWOOD CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POSSIBLE WORKINGS DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION, IN SE SW SEC. 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): 100-FT DRIFT DRIVEN PRESUMABLY GENERALLY EASTWARD
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1473A&B, 12879
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
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