Unnamed Prospect

The Unnamed Prospect is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Rio Grande county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,200 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

Name: Unnamed Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  Rio Grande

Elevation: 10,200 Feet (3,109 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 37.40194, -106.70222

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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Colorado
County: Rio Grande
District: Crater 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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Platoro Caldera, Elwood Creek Fault Zone, Crater Creek Stock


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SPECIMEN AND CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.3 TO 1.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.02 TO 0.1% PB, 0.006 TO 0.01% CU. STOCKPILE CHIP AND DUMP GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.3 TO 1.9 OZ/TON AG, 0.04 TO 0.1% PB, 0.02 TO 0.3% CU. SAMPLES ALSO CONTAINED 0.004 TO 0.06% SN AND 0.2% SR.


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON SOUTH SIDE OF CRATER CREEK APPROX 0.35 MILE SE OF LADY BUG MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Commodity): SPECIFIC ORE MINERALS UNKNOWN, BUT LINDQUIST CITIES GENERAL OCCURRENCES OF PYRITE, ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRRHOTITE IN CRATER CREEK ALTERED AREA.


References

Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.

Reference (Deposit): LINDQUIST, A.E., 1977, METALLIC AND COAL RESOURCES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHAMA-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MINERAL, RIO GRANDE, ARCHULETA, AND CONEJOS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-309.


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