Dandy-Copper Tunnel

The Dandy-Copper Tunnel is a silver, copper, lead, and gold mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,681 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: Dandy-Copper Tunnel  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 8,681 Feet (2,646 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold

Lat, Long: 37.99, -105.66944

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Dandy-Copper Tunnel MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dandy-Copper Tunnel
Secondary: Dandy-Copper


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crestone 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

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: Underground
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Branch Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF SOUTH CRESTONE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Deposit): VEINS LIE IN SHEAR ZONES AND IRREGULAR FRACTURES

Comment (Workings): 300-FT TUNNEL


References

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPT., 1901

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-558.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 13913


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