Skek City Mine

The Skek City Mine is a nickel and copper mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,297 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Skek City Mine
Secondary: Skek Mine

Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Wet Mountains Area

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: William Schelberger, Jasper Klutz, Fred Kipp, Westcliffe, And Edison, Eddy, Canon City
Years: 1924 -

Owner Name: Frank Virgin, Bassick Extension Mining Corp.
Home Office: St. Jacobs, Il.
Years: 1924 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1922
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains, Silver Cliff Colvanics/Graben

Type: L
Description: Wet Valley Graben

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Millerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION PRECEEDED PRECAMBRIAN DEFORMATION

Comment (Location): NEAR SW BORDER OF SILVER CLIFF GRABEN/VOLCANICS. ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF WILMER GULCH, ON EAST SIDE OF GRAVEL ROAD WHERE IT TURNS TO EST. ON UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO ANTELOPE CR.

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS: WORKING SHAFT 300 FT DEEP, OLD SHAFT 90 FT DEEP

Comment (Deposit): REC-050 Asarco core-drilled 2 holes in 1941. Mine workings consist of 50-ft vertical shaft and a short inclined shaft.

References

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982, INSPECTION RECORDS.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.

Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE #45.3 SKEK CITY MINE 1942 FILE AT IFOC BLDG 20 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 degree QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

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