No Name Lead Mine

The No Name Lead Mine is a lead, copper, silver, and gold mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,101 feet.

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: No Name Lead Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Hayden Pass Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Silver Creek Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Location): AT BASE OF SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH PINEY CR EEKS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

References

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-892.

Reference (Deposit): USBM MILS LISTING 0081090171

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