The Blanca Mine is a gold mine located in Alamosa county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 12,001 Feet (3,658 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.57417, -105.50056
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Blanca Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blanca Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Alamosa
District: Blanca District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift Zone, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Frontal Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG HOLBROOK CREEK. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER OF SEC. 35. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Commodity): HESSITE AND ALTAITE MAY ALSO BE PRESENT. TELLURIDES CHARACTERISTIC OF DISTRICT.
Comment (Production): TRIAL SHIPMENTS OF A FEW TONS OF GOLD ORE
Comment (Development): TRIAL SHIPMENTS OF ORE MADE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SMALL VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): HENDERSON, C.W., 1926, USGS PROF. PAPER 138, P. 110
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., 1961, USGS BULL. 1114, P. 322-323.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLO. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 31
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
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