The Marietta is a silver and gold mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado.
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Marietta MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marietta
Secondary: Mary Etta Group (Gold Belt or Golden Belt tunnel, Hamill tunnel, Mary Etta, Silver Plume tunnel and
Secondary: Silverleaf
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Argentine District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): On the basis of sample assays.
Comment (Geology): The Marietta vein strikes NE and dips SE; it is a 6-in. quartz vein in altered granite.
Comment (Location): Adit located on NW side of Ganley Mountain at 11,700 feet elevation, in NE/4 sec. 28, T 4 S, R 75 W, about 3 miles WSW of Silver Plume.
Comment (Names): Marietta lies about 1 mile SSW of the Mary Etta group in the valley of Clear Creek; it is not clear if the Marietta is part of the Mary Etta group.
Comment (Production): Reportedly, 25 tons of ore produced about 1900.
References
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): Lovering, T. S., 1935, Geology and ore deposits of the Montezuma quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 178, 119 p.
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