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Justice Mine

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013246
MRDS ID D009436
Record type Site
Current site name Justice Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim: Justice

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.82229, 39.15999 (WGS84)
Elevation 3155
Relative position 1.9 MILES S 6 W FROM ASPEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010S 084W 19 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN UPPER ASPEN MTN AREA AT TOURTELLOTTE PARK NEAR HEAD OF SPAR GULCH SW OF LAST DOLLAR SHAFT. ELEV FROM SPURR (1898). LAT-LONG APPROXIMATED FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS ENTIRELY OXIDIZED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Porphyry
    Rock description Aplite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone (Redcliff And Castle Butte Members);Belden Formation
    Rock description Leadville Limestone (Redcliff And Castle Butte Mbrs);Belden Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.82229, 39.15999
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Silver Fault, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Tourtellotte Park Uplift, Good Thunder Fault, Justice Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Discoverer John W. Richards (Claimant)

Mining district

District name Aspen (Roaring Fork) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1072.9M
    Overall depth 190.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER (SOUTH) SHAFT IS 400 FT DEEP BOTTOMING ON CONTACT FAULT. MAIN INCLINE (APPROX 450FT LONG) TRENDS N 46 W ON 40-DEG DIP. LOWER SHAFT (270 FT DEEP) LOCATED 400 FT NW OF UPPER SHAFT. DRIFTS FROM BOTTOM OF INCLINE AND OWER SHAFT EXTEND SW AND CONNECT WITH LITTLE LOTTIE MINE. DRIFTS FROM UPPER SHAFT EXTEND NE INTO LAST DOLLAR MINE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 175-176

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 4169

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW-GRADE OXIDIZED ORE TENDS TO FOLLOW SHOOTS IN CONTACT FAULT. SHOOTS CONTINUE NE UNTIL TERMINATED BY SILVER BELL FAULT. MINERALIZED ZONE LIES IN FAULT BLOCKS BOUNDED ON WEST BY JUSTICE FAULT AND CUT BY GOOD THUNDER, BURRO, AND SILVER BELL FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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