Mineral Claims No. 2

The Mineral Claims No. 2 is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,715 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: Mineral Claims No. 2
Secondary: Mineral Channel No.12

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Wet Mountains Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Thorium-rare-earth veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains

Type: L
Description: Large, N-Trending Anticline Or Antiform Structure

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): ONE MILE SE OF GOBBLERS KNOB ON NORTH BANK OF RUSHMER CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL

References

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1977, SUMMARY OF MINERAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITY, 1977.

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870.

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