Raspberry Creek area

The Raspberry Creek area is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Saguache county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Raspberry Creek area  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.34389, -105.94083

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Raspberry Creek area MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Raspberry Creek area


Commodity

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


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Structure: high angle faulting along western Sangre de Cristo Range
Description: Sange de Cristo fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: silicification, iron oxide


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Granitoid
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Proterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): Small quartz veins in Proterozoic granite and gneiss contain galena, chalcopyrite, gold, and silver. These have been prospected with with several adits and prspect pits, but no production is recorded. The workings are now caved in.

Comment (Geology): Mineralization appears to be associated with the Sange de Cristo fault zone and other extensional faults of the Rio Grande rift. Mineralized veins have been found only in crystalline basement rocks, not in nearby Paleozoic sedimentary rocks.

Comment (Location): Located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, approximately 10 miles southeast of Poncha Pass.

Comment (Production): Production was small, if any, and it was not recorded.


References

Reference (Deposit): Ellis, C.E., Hannigan, B.J., and Thompson, J.R., 1983, Mineral investigation of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Study Area, Alamosa, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, and Saguache Counties, Colorado, U.S. Bureau of Mines MLA 65-83, 190 p.


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