Hawk Tunnel

The Hawk Tunnel is a silver and lead mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,534 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hawk Tunnel
Secondary: Claim: Hawk

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Saguache Eagle Mining Co.
Home Office: Villa Grove, Co.
Years: 1922 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Bonanza Caldera

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Early Barren Stage Of Alteration By Fumarolic Or Acid-Hot Spring Activity Resulted In Intense Silicification, Wallrock Replacement By Jasper And Alteration Products Hematite, Diaspore, Alunite, Barite, Zunyite, Rutile, And Kaclin Minerals. Later Mineralizing Stage By Alkaline Or Neutral Solutions Deposited Ore And Gangue And Caused Micaceous Alteration (Sericite And Chlorite) And Calcite, Quartz, And Pyrite.

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Proustite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Wad
Gangue: Nontronite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Psilomelane

Comments

Comment (Workings): PORTAL LOCATED 410 FT ESE OF EAGLE SHAFT AND IS DRIVEN AT S72E FOR 100 FT, THENCE S85E FOR 110 FT. 210 FT OF DRIFT DEVELOPED ON EAST VEIN AT BEND IN TUNNEL. DRIFT LIES APPROX. AT 90 LEVEL OF EAGLE MINE.

Comment (Location): S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ALONG EAGLE GULCH SOUTH OF EAGLE MINE

Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL VEIN IS EAST VEIN (SEE EAGLE MINE FOR COMPLETE DESCRIPTION), WHICH TRENDS N 21 E IN TUNNEL BUT IN DRIFT HAS BEEN OFFSET BY SE-DIPPING FAULT. ATTITUDE IN FOOTWALL APPROX. DUE NORTH. OTHER VEINS CUT IN TUNNEL AND SOUTH DRIFT TREND N 60 W AND N 73 W.

References

Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 9, 136 P.

Reference (Deposit): BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.

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