Big Horn Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010844
MRDS ID D004847
MAS/MILS ID 0802700049
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Horn, Grey Ram, and Burro Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73197, 38.23557 (WGS84)
Elevation 3656
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position No location information other than sec. 14-15, T46N, R11E. Sections are not surveyed., Est (<10 km)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Electric Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 46N 11E 14 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • TEN MILES WEST OF HILLSIDE
  • MAS record claimed location was within 500 m of the main entrance. This is unverified.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Lower Member, Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Rock description Lower Member, Sangre De Cristo Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73197, 38.23557

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Mountains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Lake, Inc.
    Home office Hillside, Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Copper Development And Milling Co.
    Home office Denver, Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION MINES INSPECTORS' RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A.B. Wilson (15-Jul-2008) edited this record and combined info from record 10257226 before deleting it. The only mention of this mine in published literature seems to be in a table on p. 473 of Vanderwilt. All information other than the name, section/twn/rng, and copper comes from unpublished sources or the State Mine Inspectors report. None of this has been verified.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-80 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-82 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 15-JUL-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.