The Revenue-Virginius Mine is a arsenic mine located in Ouray county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,546 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,546 Feet (2,300 Meters)
Commodity: Arsenic
Lat, Long: 37.9739, -107.74940
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Revenue-Virginius Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Revenue-Virginius Mine
Secondary: Revenue Tunnel Group of Mines
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Ouray
District: Sneffels
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Revenue-Virginius Mining Co.
Company ID: 503528
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Boulder, Co 80302
Info Year: 1990
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Overhand
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1876
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Ankerite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Tennantite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Rhodonite
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE SAN JUAN TUFF AND THE SILVERTON SERIES IS 2.75.
Comment (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT, APRIL 1943, 17 PP. HITE, ALAN G. DEPOSIT SUMMARY REPORT, ZINC, CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO. NOV. 1980, 46 PP. PROPERTY UPDATED JUL 1990.
Comment (Economic Factors): CONCENTRATOR LISTED IS ACTUALLY THE CAMP BIRD MILL WHICH IS ASSUMED TO BE THE CUSTOM MILL IN THIS EVALUATION
Comment (Economic Factors): THE ORE IS CUSTOM MILLED ELSEWHERE AND THERE IS NO MILL AT THE MINE SITE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SALISBURY 7/28/80 MEMO SHOWS SILVER IS SECOND COMMODITY. RANCHERS EXPL & DEVELOP HAD DEVELOP PLANS (MNG ENG., MARCH, 80, P.262). NO CURRENT DATA EXISTS
Comment (Ownership): REVENUE-VIRGINIUS MINING CO. ADDRESS: 250 ARAPAHOE (SUITE 305 PARK WEST BLDG), BOULDER, CO 80302 HECLA MINING CO. WROTE OFF DEVELOPMENT OF MINE AND DROPPED LEASE IN NOVEMBER 1986.
References
Reference (Deposit): BURBANK,W.S. STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE
Reference (Deposit): RED MOUNTAIN, SNEFFELS, AND TELLURIDE DISTRICTS OF THE
Reference (Deposit): SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO. COLORADO SCIENTIFIC
Reference (Deposit): SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS, VOLUME 14, NO. 5, 1941, 120 PP.
Reference (Deposit): RANCHERS EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Reference (Deposit): 1981 ANNUAL REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1982 10-K REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1983 ANNUAL REPORT
Reference (Deposit): LARSON, ROBERT, PROJECT MANAGER OF REVENUE-VIRGINIUS MINE,
Reference (Deposit): RANCHERS EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORP. PERSONAL
Reference (Deposit): COMMUNICATION, FEB. 2, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): POINTS,JIM, MANAGER OF FEDERAL RESOURCES CORPORATION, OURAY,
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, FEB. 6, 1984.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANCHER'S EXPLOR & DEVEL CORP 1981 ANNUAL REPORT
Reference (Deposit): RANCHERS EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT CORP. 1982 ANNUAL REP.
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