Navy Mine

The Navy Mine is a tungsten mine located in Summit county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Navy Mine
Secondary: Thomas Williams Claims
Secondary: H. and M. Williams Claims
Secondary: Williams

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Monte Cristo

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Huebnerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON THE NAVY VEIN. NUMEROUS LARGE PEGMATITES HIGH GRADE ORE-40%.. H. AND M. WILLIAMS HAS A SE STRIKING VEIN.

Comment (Workings): ADIT

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ GOSSEN VEIN ; GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ GASSEN VEIN

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF W ORE WAS PRODUCED. GRADE WAS 5-9%.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC04055 AND DC05175. THE THREE RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORDS # DC04055 AND DC05175 WERE DELETED.

References

Reference (Deposit): SHARPS, 1965, CSM MIN. IND. BULL., VOL. 8, NO. 5.

Reference (Deposit): SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1951, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER BLUE RIVER AREA, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 970, 74 P.

Reference (Deposit): MIN. COMM. MICROFILM FILES DOC. 4538, APRIL 1944; 4635, OCT. 1943.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,65

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.

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