The New York Mine is a lead, zinc, copper, and molybdenum mine located in Summit county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,731 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: 9,731 Feet (2,966 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 39.57889, -105.86444
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New York Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New York Mine
Secondary: New York Tunnel
Secondary: New Yolk Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Breckenridge
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS RK. CUT BY TERTIARY MONZONITE
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC05163. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC05163 WAS DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSERVATION DIVISION COMP. DATE, 8, 65.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRECKENRIDGE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 176, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRECKENRIDGE DISTRICT, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 75, P. 103.
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