| Deposit ID | 10009708 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002830 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Saints John Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Florado, Saint John Mine |
| Related records | 10264660 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.87838, 39.57027 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3194 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | N AND NW FLANKS OF GLACIER MTN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Summit(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blue(hydrologic unit)
Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
White River National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Summit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 005S | 076W | 34 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Rhodochrosite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -105.87838, 39.57027 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Montezuma |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002830 | |
| Defense Mineral Exploration Agency | DMEA | DMEA | 4848 |
LOVERING, T.S., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MONTEZUMA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 178, 119 P.
LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223, 319 P.
CONSERVATION DIVISION COMP. DATE, 8, 65.
BROWN, S.D., 1990, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA XX-90, 50 P.
PATTON, H.B., 1909, THE MONTEZUMA MINING DISTRICT OF SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FIRST REPORT, 1908, P. 105-144.
WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 8 LEVELS, MAIN VEIN STRIKE N30-50E |
| Deposit | OLDEST PRODUCING MINE IN MONTEZUMA DISTRICT. ONE OF THE OLDEST SILVER MINES IN COLORADO. THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC05626. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC05626 WAS DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1977 | Hasler, J. William | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1991 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 10-AUG-2007 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey |
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