The Paris Mine is a gold mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,798 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,798 Feet (3,596 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.29917, -106.10333
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Paris Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paris Mine
Secondary: Alma Gold Corp. veins, claims, or workings of the Paris area: Adrian, Great West, Helvetia, Little F
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Alma District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Chiwawa Mines
Company ID: 502918
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1990
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: calcareous beds are favorable host rock
Rocks
Name: Orthoquartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Oxidized gold-bearing sulfide vein and replacement deposits in quartzite.
Comment (Location): The mine is on the south ridge of Mount Bross and north side of Buckskin Creek, about 2 miles NW of Alma, in the NW/4 sec 3, T 9 S, R 78 W.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A 1936 report estimates 233,000 tons of ore, comprising 33,000 tons of shipping ore that averages 1.67 oz/ton gold and 18.8 oz/ton silver, plus 200,000 tons of milling ore that averages 0.583 oz/ton gold and 7.66 oz/ton silver. (Sunshine files)
Comment (Ownership): OWNER:CHIWAWA MINES, EAST 28 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SPOKANE, WN. LARRY JOHNSON, (509) 455-8080
References
Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPO #403506 #403522
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): Singewald, Q. D., and Butler, B. S., 1941, Ore deposits in the vicinity of the London fault of Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 911, 74 p.
Reference (Deposit): Patton, H. B., Hoskin, A. J., and Butler, G. M., 1912, Geology and ore deposits of the Alma district, Park County, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 3, 284 p.
Reference (Deposit): USGS ALMA QUAD
Reference (Deposit): OPER: MINERALS MINING CORP
Reference (Deposit): BLM SURFACE QUAD NW-29
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