Celeste Mine

The Celeste Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado.

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: Celeste Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Pitkin

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.16111, -106.82389

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Celeste Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Celeste Mine
Secondary: Claim: Celeste


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Aspen (Roaring Fork) 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift

Type: L
Description: Silver Fault, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Tourtellotte Park Uplift, Good Thunder Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Ferration


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: VARIABLE ORE RUNS FROM A FEW TO SEVERAL HUNDRED OZ/TON AG


Materials

Gangue: Barite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): ORES NEARLY COMPLETELY OXIDIZED

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS ALONG BOTH SILVER AND CONTACT FAULTS WITH RICHER ORE ON SILVER FAULT.

Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT PROBABLY 200 TO 300 FT DEEP. SEVERAL DRIFTS. ON NW, WORKINGS CONNECT WITH EDISON (NO. 1) SHAFT AND INCLINE AND AT FAR WEST END WITH GOOD THUNDER MINE

Comment (Location): IN UPPER ASPEN MTN AREA AT TOURTELLOTTE PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)


References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 3992

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 174-175

Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.

Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D


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