Sarah G. Claim

The Sarah G. Claim is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,839 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

Name: Sarah G. Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  La Plata

Elevation: 8,839 Feet (2,694 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper

Lat, Long: 37.62611, -107.80889

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Sarah G. Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sarah G. Claim
Secondary: Patented Claim: Sarah G.
Secondary: Ms 20762


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: Cascade 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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Thomas Fife
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1970 -

Owner Name: Bailey And Fife
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1970 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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 replacement


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift

Type: L
Description: Needle Mtns Uplift


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide And Fe Minerals


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE OF HEMATITE-STAINED QUARTZ AND LIMESTONE WITH CALCITE, AZURITE, AND MALACHITE CONTAINED 4.6 OZ/TON AG, 0.03% CU, 0.02% PB, 0.04% ZN. SELECTED DUMP SAMPLE OF SULFIDES AND CU CARBONATES CONTAINED 28.0. OZ/TON AG, 0.012 OZ/TON AU, 0.13% CU, 0.14% PB, 0.14% ZN. SELECTED SAMPLE OF BRECCIATED LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ FROM ORE STOCKPILE CONTAINED 10.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.08% CU, 0.11% PB, 0.01% ZN.


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON EAST SIDE OF UPPER LITTLE CASCADE CREEK JUST SOUTH OF PURGATORY CAMPGROUND AND COLUMBINE RANGER STATION, 0.7 MILE NNW OF COLUMBINE LAKE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Comment (Development): APPARENTLY ONLY EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT IN 1961-62, AND 1964 ORE WAS MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED.

Comment (Deposit): TUNNEL DRIVEN TO EXPLORE FAULT ZONE IN EITHER WEST-OR WNW-DIPPING OURAY OR LEADVILLE LIMESTONES ON WEST FLANK OF NEEDLE MTNS UPLIFT.

Comment (Workings): ONE CAVED ADIT HEADING GENERALLY EAST, EXTENT UNKNOWN; TWO SHAFTS, 75 AND 20 FT DEEP; 100 FT X 10 FT OPEN CUT, 15 FT DEEP.


References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20762

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

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, AND HOLE, A.D., 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 171.

Reference (Deposit): BARKER, FRED, 1969, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 644-A.

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGUOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P. 8, 17.


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