Sweet Home Mine

The Sweet Home Mine is a gemstone and silver mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,339 feet.

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: Sweet Home Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Park

Elevation: 11,339 Feet (3,456 Meters)

Commodity: Gemstone, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.3123, -106.11780

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Sweet Home Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sweet Home Mine
Secondary: Sweet Home Lode and Pulaski Lode (Patents 106 and 107)


Commodity

Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Alma


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Bryan and Karhryn Lees
Home Office: Sweet Home Rhodo, Inc.
Info Year: 1998
Years: 1990 -


Production

Year: 1998
Time Period: 1876-1998
Material type: > $5 million in Rhodochrosite crystal speciments


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1876
Discovery Year: 1876
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granitic Gneiss
Role: Host
Description: Precambrian Granite Gneiss
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Precambrian
Age Old: Precambrian

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Description: Precambrian Granite
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Precambrian
Age Old: Precambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Trace: Topaz
Unknown: Apatite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): Failed silver mine, but very productive for rhodochrosite.

Comment (Reference): Reference to circular 294 from original MAS record 0080930016


References

Reference (Production): REF. NO. 3

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO, P.70.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USGS Circular 294, 1953, Results of reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in parts of the Alma District, Park County, Colorado.

Reference (Deposit): Moore, Thomas, and others, 1998, The Sweet Home mine: The Mineralogical Record, v. 29, no. 4, p. 1-153.


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