Hosa Lodge Mine

The Hosa Lodge Mine is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,959 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hosa Lodge Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Malachite District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin

Type: L
Description: Black Hawk Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Chrysocolla

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT ONE MILE NW OF HOSA LODGE ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CLEAR CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS FORM MASSES AND SMALL GRAINS THROUGHOUT HORNBLENDE-ACTINOLITE-TREMOLITE SCHIST ENCLOSED IN QUARTZITIC GNEISS. MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY LATER THAN CRYSTALLIZATION OF AMPHIBOLES. DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER FRONT RANGE HYPOTHERMAL REPLACEMENTS OCCURRING IN ACTINOLITE SCHIST OR OTHER CA-RICH ROCKS NEAR EDGE OF LARGE GRANITIC MASS.

Comment (Workings): 50-FT TUNNEL HEADING NW

Comment (Deposit): MINE IS INCLUDED IN MALACHITE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF SIMILARITY OF ROCK TYPES AND TYPE OF MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 70

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