Kentucky Mine

The Kentucky Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Montezuma county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,921 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: Kentucky Mine
Secondary: Jack Pot Mine
Secondary: Old Kentucky Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Doctor, MS 16665
Secondary: Jack Pot, MS 16665
Secondary: Fair View, MS 16665
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Old Kentucky Nos. 1-4

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Montezuma
District: California (La Plata) 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

Owner Name: George W. Gilmore
Home Office: Hesperus, Co.
Years: 1933 -

Owner Name: E. T. Franks
Home Office: Owensboro, Ky.
Years: 1933 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform

Type: L
Description: La Plata Dome

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): COUNTRY ROCKS CONSIST OF WEST- TO WSW-DIPPING MORRISON FM SANDSTONE AND SHALE CUT BY VEIN FOLLOWING A FAULT THAT TRENDS ABOUT N 75 E, 50 TO 74 NW. FAULT ZONE MARKED BY 0.5 TO 10 FT OF GOUGE CONTAINING 1- TO 14-INCH VEIN OF PARTLY SILICIFIED WALLROCK ALONG FOOTWALL.

Comment (Workings): DRIFT TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY N 73 W FOR 500 FT TO FACE; WINZE AT 150 FT FROM PORTAL; RAISES AT 150, 190, AND 280 FT FROM PORTAL; SMALL OVERHAND STOPE ABOUT MIDWAY IN DRIFT.

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). NE OF SCHUBERT FLAT IN UPPER GOLD RUN CREEK DRAINAGE, 4.15 MILES WSW OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION KNOWN FOR YEARS OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED ABOVE.

Comment (Development): VEIN DISCOVERED ABOUT 1900, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO ABOUT 1910.

References

Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 133.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16665

Reference (Production): ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 133 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS RECORDS)

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