Elizabeth Prospect

The Elizabeth Prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,249 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Elizabeth Prospect
Secondary: Bertha
Secondary: Callahan
Secondary: Ophir Lode

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns

Type: L
Description: On Ophir Vein

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Weakly Argillized
Alteration Text: Weakly Argillized

Rocks

Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870-1895

Comment (Location): NORTH SLOPE OF ROBINSON PLATEAU SW OF KANKAKEE HILL ; 0.5 MILE WEST OF BASSICK MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): SIEMS, P.L., 1967, VOLCANIC AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ROSITA HILLS AND SILVER CLIFF DISTRICTS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES, D.SC. THESIS, T1042, 222 P.

Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.

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