Captive Inca Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012361
MRDS ID D007954
Record type Site
Current site name Captive Inca Mine
Related records 10288303

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.95395, 37.91251 (WGS84)
Elevation 3359
Relative position 4.35 MILES N 18 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

San Luis Peak(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 02 SW OF SE OF SW 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 DEERHORN CR. 0.5 MILE NORTH OF CONFLUENCE WITH W. WILLOW CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Nelson Mtn. Quartz Latite;Rat Creek Quartz Latite
    Rock description Nelson Mtn. Quartz Latite;Rat Creek Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Nelson Mtn. Quartz Latite;Rat Creek Quartz Latite
    Rock description Nelson Mtn. Quartz Latite;Rat Creek Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.95395, 37.91251

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; Major Branch Of Amethyst Fault Zone; Creede Graben

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Creede Mines Co.
    First year 1934

Comments on the workings information

  • 518-FT SHAFT. AT 500-FT LEVEL, CROSSCUT DRIVEN EAST FOR 900 FT.

Comments on development

  • OVER HALFWAY INTO CROSSCUT, LOW-GRADE ORE FOUND ON EXTENSION OF AMETHYST FAULT. BECAUSE OF GAS EMISSION, DRIFT WAS SEALED OFF; CROSSCUT EXTENDED FARTHER EAST BUT NO ORE ENCOUNTERED. DEVELOPMENT STOPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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