The Calico Peak is a aluminum mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,024 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: 12,024 Feet (3,665 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 37.7111, -108.08940
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Calico Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calico Peak
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Secondary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Potassium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Rico
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
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Peaker, D. H. And A. J.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Bench (Berm)
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Discovery Year: 1912
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Alunite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DATA ENTRY BY R.A. SALISBURY. REC. 080, COL. 23 ORE BODY SHAPE IS ASSUMED TO BE CONE SHAPE SURFACE MINING UNIT PROD. COST AND PLANT CAPITAL COST ARE AS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE N-G ALUNITE PROJECT OWNED BY EARTH SCIE IN BEAVER CO., UTAH. RECORD 160 ASSUME SHIPPING POINT IS RICO, COLO. RECORD 160 ASSUME DESTINATION OF CONCENTRATE IS THE DALLES, ESTIMATED 8 YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BRING DEPOSIT TO PROD DUE TO THE LOWER GRADE NATURE OF THIS DEPOSIT, IT IS SUGGEST THIS DEPOSIT IS NOT LIKELY TO BECOME ACTIVE IN THE NEAR FUTU GRADES ARE IN TERMS OF AL203 (ALUMINA). RECORD 130 ACQUISITION NOT INCLUDED. ASSUME $0.14 PER TO ASSUME COST DATA GOOD TO MAY 30, 1975.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 6.0 MILLION ST ORE NO GRADE ENTERED IN DATA TABLE. SEE BIBLIO.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THEONEN, J.R., ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, USBM
Reference (Reserve-Resource): R.I. 356L, 1941, 48 PP. QUOTED BY J.C. RATTE IN USGS REPORT
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO, 1964, P. 155.
Reference (Deposit): MUCH OF THE DATA IS FROM REPORT "EVALUATION OF THE ALUNITE
Reference (Deposit): OF CALICO PEAK, DOLORES CO. COLO" FOR COLORADO CENTRAL MINES
Reference (Deposit): BY W.S. CALKIN, EARTH SCIENCES, INC.,OCT. 21, 1970. CONFIDEN
Reference (Deposit): REF. SERNA-ISAZA,1971, GEOLOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY OF CALICO PEAK
Reference (Deposit): DOLORES CO. COLO.; COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES MASTERS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): NEUBERT, J.T., 1992, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF SAN JUAN NATIONAL
Reference (Deposit): FOREST, CO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT
Reference (Deposit): OPEN-FILE REPORT 2-92 (SAMPLES 93-123)
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