Leadville Mill (Day Mines/Hecla)

The Leadville Mill (Day Mines/Hecla) is a lead and silver mine located in Lake county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Leadville Mill (Day Mines/Hecla)
Secondary: Stringtown Mill
Secondary: Sherman Mill

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Colorado
County: Lake

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Day Mines Inc.
Company ID: 502267
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1980

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): ALTERNATE NAME LISTED AS SHERMAN MILL AND RESURRECTION MILL: AN OTHER RESURRECTION MILL HAS MAS SEQ 0080650338: THESE MAY BE DUPLICATE FILES.

Comment (Development): Constructed in the late-1960s, the mill processed ore from the Sherman mine from 1974 to 1984; later it was expanded and renovated to process ore from the Diamond-Resurrection mine, though little ore from there was processed.

Comment (Location): Mill is at Stringtown, about 1 mile SW of Leadville, in sec. 27, T 9 S, R 80 W.

Comment (Production): About 1 million ounces of silver, plus lead and zinc(?), was recovered annually from ore from the Sherman mine, 1974-1984. (Sunshine files, 2000)

References

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reference (Deposit): MSHA REVISION BY MILS 3-80

Reference (Deposit): REVISED BY MILS 4/79.

Reference (Deposit): REMJ. 1978 LISTS: SHERMAN MINE AND MILL.

Reference (Deposit): COLO. DIV. OF MINES 1977 SUMMARY OF MINERAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES IN COLORADO 1977.

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