Calico Peak

The Calico Peak is a aluminum mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,024 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: Calico Peak

State: Colorado

County: Dolores

Elevation: 12,024 Feet (3,665 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Aluminum

Lat, Long: 37.7111, -108.08940

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Calico Peak MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Calico Peak

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Secondary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Potassium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Rico

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest

Holdings

Type: Federal Lease

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Peaker, D. H. And A. J.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Bench (Berm)
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Analytical Data

Materials

Unknown: Alunite

Unknown: Kaolinite

Unknown: Muscovite

Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment Type:
Deposit

Comment: DATA ENTRY BY R.A. SALISBURY. REC. 080, COL. 23 ORE BODY SHAPE IS ASSUMED TO BE CONE SHAPE SURFACE MINING UNIT PROD. COST AND PLANT CAPITAL COST ARE AS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE N-G ALUNITE PROJECT OWNED BY EARTH SCIE IN BEAVER CO., UTAH. RECORD 160 ASSUME SHIPPING POINT IS RICO, COLO. RECORD 160 ASSUME DESTINATION OF CONCENTRATE IS THE DALLES, ESTIMATED 8 YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BRING DEPOSIT TO PROD DUE TO THE LOWER GRADE NATURE OF THIS DEPOSIT, IT IS SUGGEST THIS DEPOSIT IS NOT LIKELY TO BECOME ACTIVE IN THE NEAR FUTU GRADES ARE IN TERMS OF AL203 (ALUMINA). RECORD 130 ACQUISITION NOT INCLUDED. ASSUME $0.14 PER TO ASSUME COST DATA GOOD TO MAY 30, 1975.

Comment Type:
Reserve-Resource

Comment: 6.0 MILLION ST ORE NO GRADE ENTERED IN DATA TABLE. SEE BIBLIO.

References

Reference Category: Reserve-Resource	Reference: THEONEN, J.R., ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, USBM
Reference Category: Reserve-Resource	Reference: R.I. 356L, 1941, 48 PP. QUOTED BY J.C. RATTE IN USGS REPORT
Reference Category: Reserve-Resource	Reference: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO, 1964, P. 155.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: MUCH OF THE DATA IS FROM REPORT "EVALUATION OF THE ALUNITE
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: OF CALICO PEAK, DOLORES CO. COLO" FOR COLORADO CENTRAL MINES
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: BY W.S. CALKIN, EARTH SCIENCES, INC.,OCT. 21, 1970. CONFIDEN
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: REF. SERNA-ISAZA,1971, GEOLOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY OF CALICO PEAK
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: DOLORES CO. COLO.; COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES MASTERS THESIS.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: NEUBERT, J.T., 1992, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF SAN JUAN NATIONAL
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: FOREST, CO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: OPEN-FILE REPORT 2-92 (SAMPLES 93-123)