Reed Claim

The Reed Claim is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,419 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

Name: Reed Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 8,419 Feet (2,566 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.01472, -105.69694

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Reed Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Reed Claim


Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crestone 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Triple T Mining Co.
Years: 1935 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1935
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: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blance Massif, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Structure: high angle fractures associated with thrust fault
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF NORTH CRESTONE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Deposit): VEINS LIE IN SHEAR ZONES AND IRREGULAR FRACTURES

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS


References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-1022

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20529


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