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Sweet Home Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gemstone, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008726
MRDS ID D001076
Record type Site
Current site name Sweet Home Mine
Alternate or previous names Sweet Home Lode and Pulaski Lode (Patents 106 and 107)
Related records 10167619

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.1184, 39.31229 (WGS84)
Elevation 3456
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Adit digitized from 1:24,000 topo map.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 078W 33 SE4 of NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Failed silver mine, but very productive for rhodochrosite.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Topaz Trace
Apatite Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock type qualifier Precambrian Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Precambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Felsic Gneiss > Granitic Gneiss
    Rock type qualifier Precambrian Granite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Precambrian

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.1184, 39.31229
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1876
Year of first production 1876

Mining district

District name Alma

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Bryan and Karhryn Lees
    Home office Sweet Home Rhodo, Inc.
    Year 1998
    First year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1998
    Period 1876-1998
    Material > $5 million in Rhodochrosite crystal speciments
    Accuracy Estimate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO, P.70.

  • Production

    REF. NO. 3

  • Deposit

    Moore, Thomas, and others, 1998, The Sweet Home mine: The Mineralogical Record, v. 29, no. 4, p. 1-153.

  • Deposit

    USGS Circular 294, 1953, Results of reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in parts of the Alma District, Park County, Colorado.

Comments on the references

  • Reference to circular 294 from original MAS record 0080930016

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-73 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-AUG-94 Minecome U.S. Bureau of Mines from old 10167619 record
Updater 03-AUG-07 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Merged two records. Added 10167619 to this record.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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