Ace High-Jackpot Prospect

The Ace High-Jackpot Prospect is a copper and iron mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,619 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Ace High-Jackpot Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Turret District

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

Owner Name: Glen R. Lemberg And Son
Home Office: Salida, Co.
Years: 1969 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben

Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults, Pleasant Valley Syncline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Psilomelane
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Gahnite
Gangue: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 700 FT ABOVE RAILROAD GULCH, ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF TURRET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND INCLINE: WORKINGS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT

References

Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PONCHA SPRINGS NE QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 626, P. 43-44.

Reference (Deposit): BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.

Reference (Deposit): BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 100

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