The Seward County Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,919 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 10,919 Feet (3,328 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.94722, -107.48667
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Seward County Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Seward County Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim: Seward County
Secondary: Ms 450
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Park (Whitecross, Burrows Park, Adams) 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
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, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT WOOLSEY (1907) DESCRIBES LOCATION AS NORTH SIDE OF LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER AT BURROWS PARK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POSSIBLE WORKINGS (IDENTIFIED FROM AIRPHOTOS) ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF LAKE FORK ABOUT 0.6 TO 0.7 MILE NE OF WHITECROSS AND 1.15 MILE NNE OF WHITECROSS MTN (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): VEIN PROBABLY LIES IN SMALL FRACTURE OR FAULT CUTTING SUNSHINE PEAK MEGABRECCIA WITHIN LAKE CITY CALDERA, ALTHOUGH KRASOWSKI'S (1976) MAP SHOWS LANDSLIDE BRECCIA IN FAULT CONTACT WITH HENSON AND BURNS MEMBERS' VOLCANICS AND SEDIMENTS.
Comment (Workings): SHORT SHAFTS AND PROSPECT TUNNELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M. SC. THESIS, 111 P.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 450
Reference (Deposit): WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15
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