Resurrection Mine

The Resurrection Mine is a lead, gold, silver, and zinc mine located in Lake county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,680 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Resurrection Mine
Secondary: Resurrection No. 1
Secondary: Diamond-Resurrection Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Colorado
County: Lake
District: Leadville

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

Type: Other
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Leadviille Corp. And Canuc Resources Corp Jv
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Production

Year: 1918
Time Period: 1915-18

Deposit

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

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): The Diamond and Resurrection mines and surrounding mining claims have been consolidated in ownership, the Diamond shaft and support buildings have been rehabilitated, and reserves have been verified. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Comment (Geology): Ore occurs in both oxidized and sulfide blanket or manto (replacement) bodies and in veins.

Comment (Location): Mine is 4 miles east of Leadville, near the head of Evans Gulch, in the E/2 sec. 21, T 9 S, R 79 W.

Comment (Production): Historic production from Diamond-Resurrection totals about 1.3 million tons of oxide ore from 1879 to 1917, and 0.95 million tons of sullfide ore from 1936 to 1956. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reported mineable reserves at Diamond-Resurrection Consolidation of almost 950,000 tons grading 0.33 oz/ton gold, 3.51 oz/ton silver, 4.2% lead, and 2.3% zinc. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Comment (Deposit): MINE WILL BE DEVELOPED BY A JV BETWEEN LEADVILLE CORP. AND CANUN RESOURCES CORP. (CANADA),(AUG 1996) OPERATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE DIAMOND MINE (DIAMOND SHAFT) LOCATED AJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, (AUG 1996). SEE MAS SEQ # 0080650162 DIAMOND MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, P14.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, V 107, #34, 08/21/96, P14.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1980, P. 176

Reference (Deposit): Behre, C. H., Jr., 1953, Geology and ore deposits of the west slope of the Mosquito Range (Colorado): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 235, 176 p.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 235, p. 165

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

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