Columbine Mine

The Columbine Mine is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Columbine Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Grape Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1945
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: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Ilse Fault; Brecciated Shear Zone 3 Ft Wide, Strikes Due East; Horseshoe Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

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: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU (0.10-0.5%), ZN (0.43-5.3%), PB (0.2-4.7%), AG (0.1-1.3 OZ/TON)

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Workings): 2 TRENCHES WITH SHAFT COMPLEX WITH DRIFTS, WINZES AND AT LEAST 3 LEVELS OF WORKINGS; TRENCH 1 IS 18 FT WIDE BY 76 FT LONG, BEARING N 55 E, TERMINATING AT FLOODED SHAFT 1. SHAFT 1 CONNECTS WITH LOWEST LEVEL IN WORKINGS; TRENCH 2 IS OFFSET 8 FT NW OF SHAFT 1 AND BEARS N 60 E FOR 16 FT, TERMINATING AT FLOODED SHAFT 2, 17 FT DOWN FROM SURFACE LEVEL. SHAFT 3, DUE EAST OF SHAFT 2, HAS 100 FT DRIFT, WINZE PROVIDING ACCESS TO LOWER LEVELS. LOWER LEVELS FLOODED.

Comment (Development): OPENED IN MID 1940'S. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS OR ORE GRADE REPORTS AVAILABLE; THERE IS A STOCKPILE OF WHAT IS APPARENTLY ORE ON THE PROPERTY

Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLY WESTERNMOST EXTENSION OF HORSESHOE-EL PLOMO MASSIVE SULFIDE ZONE

Comment (Geology): GOSSAN VEINS RUN GENERALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO MAIN SHEAR ZONE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): COKER, 1982

Comment (Location): SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 11 MILES, TAKE NW FORK OF ROAD FOR 1.5 MILES THEN TURN SOUTH 1 MILE TO MARSH GULCH DRAINAGE. PROCEED 2 MILES UP DRAINAGE. MINE IS 0.25 MILE TO EAST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 25-29

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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