Deadman Creek area

The Deadman Creek area is a gold mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,199 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: Deadman Creek area
Secondary: Abermin project
Secondary: Unnamed Mines
Secondary: Deadman Creek Prospect
Secondary: Unknown

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crestone-Music 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Independence Mine Fault, Small Thrust Fault Remnants

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

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: silicification

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEINS LIE IN SHEARED AND FRACTURED GNEISS, MYLONITIZED BY INDEPENDENCE MINE FAULT (B" BRANCH) AND SMALL THRUST FAULT REMNANTS"

Comment (Development): A mining company proposed an exploration program for 1989 on the basis of mineralization and sampling that showed significant gold potential. (Sunshine files)

Comment (Commodity): Rock chip samples asssayed from 0.049 to 0.303 oz/ton gold. (Sunshine files)

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SURFACE PROSPECT PITS, AT LEAST THREE TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH

Comment (Location): Area is in the east-central part of the Baca Grant, about 8 miles SE of Crestone, between Deadman and Alpine Creeks at the SW edge of the Sangre de Cristo Range.

Comment (Geology): Soil samples defined an area 1200 ft. by 1400 ft. where gold mineralization occurs next to a zone of intense silicification. (Sunshine files)

References

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reference (Deposit): CLEMENT, J.F., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BACA GRANT AREA, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-764

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