San Isabel Mining and Milling Co. Claims

The San Isabel Mining and Milling Co. Claims is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,799 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: San Isabel Mining and Milling Co. Claims  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 38.04861, -105.72361

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San Isabel Mining and Milling Co. Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: San Isabel Mining and Milling Co. Claims
Secondary: Albert
Secondary: America
Secondary: Aubury
Secondary: Bernard
Secondary: Berynidia
Secondary: Carstin
Secondary: Century
Secondary: Farrrington
Secondary: Fitts
Secondary: Gamella
Secondary: Gran-Lee
Secondary: Imogene
Secondary: Jim K
Secondary: Johnson
Secondary: Mabel
Secondary: Mitchell
Secondary: Neri
Secondary: Paul Bertram
Secondary: Reese
Secondary: Rein
Secondary: Rosetta
Secondary: Standard No. 13
Secondary: Sutherland
Secondary: Sykes
Secondary: Virginia
Secondary: York State Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: San Isabel Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1905 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Structure: thrust faults
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: REPORTED VALUES RAN $3 TO $88/TON, WITH HIGH OF $388/TON


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D009957 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Comment (Production): DUNHAM REPORTED PRODUCTION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF GALENA CONCENTRATES AND A CARLOAD OF BARITE WAS SHIPPED IN 1932.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT INCLINED ADITS AND SMALL OPENCUTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGER'S REPTS. 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 13914, 13917A, 13917B

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628


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