Hector Prospect

The Hector Prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,049 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: Hector Prospect
Secondary: Contact
Secondary: Groundhog
Secondary: Tressie B. Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita Hills District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: pipe
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1881
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

Form: breccia pipe

Structure

Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns

Type: L
Description: Breccia Pipe

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Strongly Argillized
Alteration Text: Strongly Argillized

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): BRECCIA PIPE SIMILAR(?) TO BASSICK.

Comment (Location): SE OF MOUNT TYNDALL , 0.6 MILE DUE EAST OF QUERIDA ; IN THE NE/4 SEC. 21, T 22 S, R 71 W; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): A 1981 report suggested that low-grade, bulk-tonnage silver deposits may occur in this area. (Sunshine files)

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, TUNNELS, ADITS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES

References

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

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

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