The Sporting Times Mine is a mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado.
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Sporting Times Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sporting Times Mine
Commodity
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Georgetown-Silver Plume District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Workings): Nine patented, and 65 unpatented, claims, plus two adits
Comment (Location): Mine is said to be at an elevation of 9,900 feet on Alpine Mountain 3/4 mile SSW of Georgetown, (but Leavenworth Mtn is the ridge at that location). Alpine Peak lies SE of Georgetown and if the mine is at 9,900 feet elevation on that peak, it would lie near the common corner of secs. 16,17,20,21, T 4 S, R 74 W, about 3/4 mile SE of Georgetown.
Comment (Production): A small amount ($60,000) of production is reported.
References
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): Spurr, J. E., Garrey, G. H., and Ball, S. H., 1908, Economic geology of the Georgetown quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 63, 422 p.
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