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Exchequer Tunnel

Occurrence in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012359
MRDS ID D007951
Record type Site
Current site name Exchequer Tunnel
Related records 10166971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.92979, 37.86723 (WGS84)
Elevation 2950
Relative position 0.95 MILES N 07 W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Creede(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001W 24,25 SE OF SW OF SE (24); NE OF NW OF NE (25) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ABOVE W. WILLOW CR. ON SE END OF BACHELOR MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Copper Staining

Analytical data

Result 2 TO 45 OZ/TON AG, $1.40/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.92979, 37.86723
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Type of structure Local
Structure description Creede Graben, Amethyst Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40-45 W
    Dip 60 TO 90 NW
    Length 73.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 624.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL TRENDS WEST AND NW APPROX. 1200 FT. DRIFT AND CROSSCUTS ALONG RHYOLITE CONTACT AND VEIN TOTAL APPROX. 850 FT.

Comments on development

  • NO WORKABLE ORE BODY ENCOUNTERED AS OF 1912

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN WILLOW CR. AND CAMPBELL MTN. RHYOLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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