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Erie Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009908
MRDS ID D003183
Record type Site
Current site name Erie Mine
Alternate or previous names Erie Tunnel, includes Eureka, Nest Egg, and Silver Trowel Mines
Related records 10215689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.38033, 38.54222 (WGS84)
Elevation 3475
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitepine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 050N 005E 35 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • About 10 miles north of Sargents, and 1 mile east of Whitepine, in the SW/4 sec. 35, T 50 N, R 5 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Belden Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.38033, 38.54222
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Replacement ore occurs near the top of the Leadville at the Belden contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tomichi (Whitepine) District

Comments on the production information

  • Production from 1901 to 1947, including some from nearby mines through the Erie tunnel, totaled 37,811 tons of ore, and metals recovered were: 399 oz. of gold, 168,360 oz. silver, 241,943 lb. copper, 7,049,842 lb. lead, and 11,134,673 lb zinc. (USGS Prof. Paper 289)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Ore shoots in the Erie are mined out, but exploration targets nearby should be tested by drilling. (Sunshine files)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 29-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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