Justice Mine

The Justice Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,351 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: Justice Mine
Secondary: Claim: Justice

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: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1886
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, Justice Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN UPPER ASPEN MTN AREA AT TOURTELLOTTE PARK NEAR HEAD OF SPAR GULCH SW OF LAST DOLLAR SHAFT. ELEV FROM SPURR (1898). LAT-LONG APPROXIMATED FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Comment (Commodity): ORE IS ENTIRELY OXIDIZED

Comment (Deposit): LOW-GRADE OXIDIZED ORE TENDS TO FOLLOW SHOOTS IN CONTACT FAULT. SHOOTS CONTINUE NE UNTIL TERMINATED BY SILVER BELL FAULT. MINERALIZED ZONE LIES IN FAULT BLOCKS BOUNDED ON WEST BY JUSTICE FAULT AND CUT BY GOOD THUNDER, BURRO, AND SILVER BELL FAULTS

Comment (Workings): UPPER (SOUTH) SHAFT IS 400 FT DEEP BOTTOMING ON CONTACT FAULT. MAIN INCLINE (APPROX 450FT LONG) TRENDS N 46 W ON 40-DEG DIP. LOWER SHAFT (270 FT DEEP) LOCATED 400 FT NW OF UPPER SHAFT. DRIFTS FROM BOTTOM OF INCLINE AND OWER SHAFT EXTEND SW AND CONNECT WITH LITTLE LOTTIE MINE. DRIFTS FROM UPPER SHAFT EXTEND NE INTO LAST DOLLAR MINE WORKINGS

References

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 175-176

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

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 4169

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