Leeks Lode

The Leeks Lode is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,159 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: Leeks Lode

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Copper Gulch 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: Max E. Leek
Home Office: Pueblo, Co.
Years: 1965 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field;

Type: L
Description: Nne-Trending Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN WASHTUB GULCH; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS LENSES OF SULFIDE ORE IN PEGMATITE. LENSES, ABOUT 1 FT WIDE BY 2 FT LONG ARE ENVELOPED BY CALCITE-RICH ROCK

Comment (Workings): 60 FT SHAFT, 180 FT OF ADITS, DRIFTS, 2 SMALL PITS; THE TWO ADITS EXPLORED TWO LEVELS OF THE PEGMATITE; THE SHAFT WAS ON THE HANGING WALL OF THE PEGMATITE

References

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 82

Reference (Deposit): DAHLEM D. H., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AREA, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: UNIV. OF MICHIGAN, PH. D. THESIS.

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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