The Hock Hocking is a zinc, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,801 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: 10,801 Feet (3,292 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.26667, -106.10083
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Hock Hocking MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hock Hocking
Secondary: Hock Hock
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
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: Boca Polo, Inc.
Info Year: 1980
Owner Name: Silver State Mining Co
Company ID: 570022
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1995
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1879
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): Silver State Mining Co. was developing 2 veins in the mine in 1980. (1980, Sunshine files)
Comment (Production): DEVELOPMENT & EXPLORATION WORK WAS CARRIED OUT IN 1990, THIS INCLUDED, CORE DRILLING AND SAMPLING. SOME REPAIRS ARE ALSO BEING MADE.
Comment (Commodity): Expected grade of 0.3 oz/t gold, 17 oz/t silver, 4% lead, 3% zinc, and 0.7% copper. (1980, Sunshine files)
Comment (Geology): Veins and replacement deposits in Lower Paleozoic limestone.
Comment (Location): On the south side of Mosquito Creek, about 2 miles SW of Alma, in the SW/4 sec. 15, T 9 S, R 78 W.
Comment (Ownership): COMPANY NAME AS REPORTED MSHA.DBF, 1995 IS SILVER STATE MINING CRP. OWNER/COMPANY AS LISTED BEFORE MSHA, 1995 UPDATE. RELATIONSHIP TO CURRENT COMPANY UNKNOWN. BOCA POLO INC., C/O JOHN T. OXLEY, SR., WILLIAMS CENTER TOWER 1, SUITE 1305, ONE WEST THIRD STREET, TULSA, OK., 74103, (918)584-1978
Comment (Production): Early production (1880s) was from rich oxidized silver-lead ores in replacement deposits in Lower Paleozoic limestone.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPOSITORY: #404504 #407380
Reference (Deposit): Machado, J. E., 1967, Geology and ore deposits of Pennsylvania Hill, Alma district, south Park, Park County, Colorado: Golden, CO, Colorado School of Mines, M.S. thesis, 153 p.
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): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): UPDATE WITH MSHA.DBF, 1995.
Reference (Deposit): USGS ALMA QUAD
Reference (Deposit): MILS UPDATED USING MSHA SHEET, 3/80
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.
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