Breece Hill properties

The Breece Hill properties is a zinc, gold, lead, and silver mine located in Lake county, Colorado.

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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.

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Site Name

Primary: Breece Hill properties

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: Lake
District: Leadville District

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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Organization:
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Physiography

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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 (Commodity): Letters refer to a gold-silver property (with an iron capping), and to a lead-zinc-silver property. (Sunshine files)

Comment (Location): Properties are on Breece Hill just west of the Ibex Mine, about 3 miles east of Leadville, in sec 28 or 29, T 9 S, R 79 W.

Comment (Names): Breece Hill is an area of numerous mines and prospects; it is not possible to tell which are those referred to in the file.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Report dated 1947 estimates 50,000 tons of dump material grading 0.1 oz/ton gold and 1.0 oz/ton silver. (Sunshine files)

References

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

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reference (Deposit): Emmons, S. F., Irving, J. D., and Loughlin, G. F., 1927, Geology and ore deposits of the Leadville mining district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 148.

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