Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12

The Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12 is a barium-barite mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Hellgate Claims Nos. 1-12
Secondary: Hellgate Gulch Open Pit

Commodity

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Southern Grape Creek Area

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

Owner Name: Gerald L. Jensen, Petro Silver, Inc.
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Carbonatite

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Small Shear Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ZN (0.01-0.51 %), AG (0.1-0.5 OZ/TON)

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): 19 MILES S SW OF CANON CITY ON OAK CREEK GRADE, THEN NW FROM YORKVILLE SITE ON BEAR GULCH ROAD FOR 1 MILE TO HELLGATE GULCH. WEST ON HELLGATE GULCH FOR 4 MILES TO WESTERNMOST CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Commodity): BARITE CONSIDERED LOW GRADE, POOR QUALITY

Comment (Deposit): BARITE-CALCITE VEINS NUMEROUS, DISCONTINUOUS, TO 6 FT WIDE

Comment (Workings): 3 SMALL SHAFTS; 3 PITS; LONG DOZER CUT; LARGE, 4 BENCH OPEN PIT. SHAFT 1 IS 20 FT DEEP, SHAFT 2 IS 19 FT DEEP, SHAFT 3 IS 17 FT DEEP, PIT 1 IS 12 X 6 X 4 FT DEEP, PIT 2 IS 17 X 6 X 3 FT DEEP, PIT 3 IS 10 X 6 X 3 FT DEEP; DOZER CUT 94 X 12 X 4 FT DEEP. OPEN PIT AT MOUTH OF HELLGATE GULCH. IT IS SERIES OF 4 CUTS ANGLING UPHILL FOR 250 FT WITH AVERAGE BENCH HEIGHT 18 FT

References

Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 87-90

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

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