The Lillie D. Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,117 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,117 Feet (2,779 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.70833, -108.02667
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Lillie D. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lillie D. Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Clan Campbell, MS 1897
Secondary: Black Geroge, MS 2485
Secondary: Silver Belt, MS 8020
Secondary: Royal Turk, MS 8020
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Litllie D.
Secondary: Carrie
Secondary: Zig Zag
Secondary: Little Margaret
Secondary: Ella
Secondary: Ruth
Secondary: Virginia
Secondary: Little Byron
Secondary: Rocky Mountain
Secondary: Klondike
Secondary: Madam De Farge
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Pioneer (Rico) 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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. W. Rohde
Home Office: Rico, Co.
Years: 1926 -
Owner Name: Rico Mining And Reduction Co.
Home Office: Rico, Co.
Years: 1926 -
Production
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE AG PB ACC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^5 Oz/Ton Ag, 18% Pb, 16% Zn, 1% Cu, 0.02 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE AG PB ACC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^14 Oz/Ton Ag, 25% Pb, 35% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1926
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin
Type: L
Description: Rico Dome Blackhawk Fault, Princeton Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Pyrite And Pb-Zn Sulfides
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GENERALLY SW-DIPPING LOWER HERMOSA FM SANDSTONE, SHALE, AND LIMESTONE COVERED BY EXTENSIVE LANDSLIDES BUT BELOW ARE CUT BY BLACKHAWK FAULT, DOWNTHROWN ON NE. BLANKET REPLACEMENT ORE CONSISTS OF SOLID PYRITE, CELLULAR QUARTZ, LIMONITE, AND STREAKS OF PARTLY OXIDIZED SPHALERITE AND GALENA. BLANKET OFFSET ABOUT 8 FT BY BARREN FISSURE TRENDING N 80 W, 85 NE, AND FILLED WITH CRUSHED ROCK, QUARTZ, AND GOUGE. LOWER BLANKET OVERLIES SANDSTONE AND IS OVERLAIN BY SHALE; UPPER BLANKET LIES IN BRECCIATED SHALE.
Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1917. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1919, APPARENTLY NONE IN 1920-1925. GRADE ONLY REPORTED FOR 1926, BUT PRODUCTION CONSIDERED SMALL. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED AFTER 1926.
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON LOWER EAST SLOPE OF CHC HILL (UNSURVEYED SECTIONS). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CLAN CAMPBELL TUNNEL (NE NW SEC. 25) AND ARE FROM MCKNIGHT, 1974, PL. 1 (1930 BASE). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Workings): CDM INF, REPTS. DESCRIBE WORKINGS AS 1500-FT LILLIE D. CROSSCUT, WITH NORTH AND SOUTH DRIFTS ON VEIN AT 200 FT FROM PORTAL. CLAN CAMPBELLCROSSCUT DRIVEN GENERALLY NE FOR 300 FT WITH 45-FT RAISE TO LILLIE D. DRIFT AT 175 FT FROM PORTAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT,E.T., 1974, GEOLGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723.
Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO; USGS MAP GQ-797.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 393-394.
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1897, 2485, 8020
Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
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