Silver Plume Claim

The Silver Plume Claim is a gold and silver mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,760 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Silver Plume Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 9,760 Feet (2,975 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.15778, -106.61056

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Silver Plume Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Plume Claim


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) 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

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1896
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

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Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Dome; Unnamed Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Commodity): EXACT METALS UNVERIFIED BUT THOSE CITED ARE GENERAL OCCURRENCES FOR DISTRICT

Comment (Deposit): ORIENTATION OF CLAIM SUGGESTS POSSIBLE RADIAL FRACTURE ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCONCENTRIC FAULT AROUND COCHETOPA DOME, BUT THIS IS UNVERIFIED

Comment (Location): 0.6 MILE SW OF COCHETOPA PASS JUST SOUTH OF ROAD AND ALONG ARCHULETA CREEK IN UNSURVEYED SECTION. ADJOINS UNION BELL CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976


References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY 9711

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE L X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761

Reference (Deposit): LARSEN, E.S., JR., AND CROSS, WHITMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 258.


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