Ace High Claims

The Ace High Claims is a mine located in Routt county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Ace High Claims

State:  Colorado

County:  Routt

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 40.805, -106.65390

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Ace High Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ace High Claims
Secondary: Fall River Group
Secondary: Dennis D. Claims
Secondary: Ace High or Fall River


Commodity

Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Routt
District: Slavonia


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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Feldspar


Comments

Comment (Commodity): Redundant record 100009374 listed copper as a major commodity. However, there is not verified.

Comment (Location): Redundant record 100009374 gave location in both sections 30 and 31.

Comment (Environment): Redundant record 100009374 gave HUC drainage as North Platte Headwaters.

Comment (Geology): Redundant record 100009374 gave rock information and age.

Comment (Geology): ABW moved Pyrite and pyrrhotite to the top of the ore minerals list. Didn't make any other changes to materials.

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4727, DATED 1957. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CL THEN CONTROLLED BY SUMMIT MINING CO., COLO. THE CLAIMS ARE I GROUP IS ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, MOUNT ZIRKEL. INCLUDED IN DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM AND MINE MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUD AND LOCATION MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED EXPLORATION ASS BE DENIED.

Comment (Deposit): ABW merged data from 10009374 and recommended that record be deleted.

Comment (Environment): Hydrologic unit code calculated 3-94 using GIS overlay analysis with 1:1000000(est) scale federal ownership boundaries.


References

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