Big Horn Mine

The Big Horn Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,995 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Big Horn Mine
Secondary: Big Horn, Grey Ram, and Burro Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Wet Mountains Area

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Consolidated Copper Development And Milling Co.
Home Office: Denver, Co.

Owner Name: Silver Lake, Inc.
Home Office: Hillside, Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Mountains

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): A.B. Wilson (15-Jul-2008) edited this record and combined info from record 10257226 before deleting it. The only mention of this mine in published literature seems to be in a table on p. 473 of Vanderwilt. All information other than the name, section/twn/rng, and copper comes from unpublished sources or the State Mine Inspectors report. None of this has been verified.

Comment (Location): MAS record claimed location was within 500 m of the main entrance. This is unverified.

Comment (Location): TEN MILES WEST OF HILLSIDE

References

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIVISION MINES INSPECTORS' RECORDS.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.

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