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Sosthenes Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012562
MRDS ID D008243
Record type Site
Current site name Sosthenes Mine
Alternate or previous names Sosthenis Mine
Related records 10288814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.13032, 38.33112 (WGS84)
Elevation 3441
Relative position 16.2 MILES N01E FROM SAGUACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bonanza(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N 008E 18 NE OF SE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S/-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ALONG SOSTHENES GULCH EAST OF SQUIRREL GULCH 2.4 MILES NNE OF BONANZA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Early Barren Stage Of Alteration By Fumarolic Or Acid-Hot Spring Activity Resulted In Intense Silicification, Wallrock Replacement By Jasper And Alteration Products Hematite, Diaspore, Alunite, Barite, Zunyite, Rutile, And Kaolin Minerals. Later Mineralizing Stage By Alkaline Or Neutral Solutions Deposited Ore And Gangue And Caused Micaceous Alteration (Sericite And Chlorite) And Calcite, Quartz, And Pyrite.

Analytical data

Result PATTON REPORTED ASSAY OF SHIPPING ORE TO BE 0.04 OZ/TON AU, 35 OZ/TON AG, 15% PB, 12 TO 15% ZN BURBANK REPORTED SMALL SHIPMENT OF CRUDE UNOXIDIZED ORE TO CONTAIN 9 OZ/TON AG, 11.4% PB, 1% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Rawley Andesite
    Rock description Rawley Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.13032, 38.33112
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bonanza Caldera
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bonanza (Kerber Creek)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES FOR 1887, 1889, 1892-93 UNKNOWN. QUANTITIES OF METALS LISTED WERE CALCULATED FROM REPORTED VALUES USING $1.29/OZ AG, $87/TON PB. TOTAL ORE PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE 400 TO 600 ST.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 2.388HA
    Length 429.77M
    Overall length 216.41M
    Overall width 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY FOUR TUNNELS ALL BUT ONE OF WHICH HAD CAVED NEAR PORTALS LOWER TUNNEL DEIVEN AT N13E FOR 180 FT, THENCE ALONG ARCUATE TRENDING VEIN FOR 320 FT WITH 140 FT OF MINOR BRANCH WORKINGS. AT 460 FT INTO TUNNEL, MAJOR CROSSCUT DRIVEN AT N76W FOR 30 FT AND S78E FOR 150 FT, THENCE S74E FOR 210 FT, THENCE N80E FOR 180 FT. AT FIRST BEND IN CROSSCUT, 120 FT OF DRIFT DEVELOPED ON VEIN AT N7E AND RAISE DRIVEN TO UPPER LEVEL. 60 FT FARTHER EAST FROM THIS DRIFT, SECOND DRIFT 80 FT LONG DEVELOPED AT N21E. DIMENSIONS LISTED IN DIELDS ABOVE ARE FOR LOWER LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    BURBANK (1932), AS COMPILED FROM GOVT RECORDS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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