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Della S. Mine

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013376
MRDS ID D009637
Record type Site
Current site name Della S. Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Alma M., Alpine, Ballarat, Bushwhacker, Chatfield, Della S., Fossil, Fossil Fraction, General Jackson, J. C. Johnson, Last Chance
Related records 10191407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.80312, 39.19693 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position 1.1 MILES N 55 E 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 07;08 SE OF SE OF NE (07); SW OF NW (08) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN AREA 0.4 MILE NE OF SMUGGLER MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG APPROXIMATED FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate

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) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation
    Rock description Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Mbr);Belden Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sawatch Quartzite
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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, Clark Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault, Later Less-Steep Cross-Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aspen (Roaring Fork) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE APPARENTLY DEVELOPED BY J. C. JOHNSON TUNNEL AND AT LEAST 13 LEVELS

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LISTED ABOVE REPRESENT DELLA S. CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. ONLY PARTS OF DELLA S., GENERAL JACKSON, CHATFIELD, AND J. C. JOHNSON ARE INCLUDED DUE TO DISPUTE AND EVENTUAL COURT DECISION INVOLVING ADJACENT SMUGGLER-DURANT MINING CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 189-192

  • 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 SURVEYS MS 1436, 1462, 3939, 3941, 3944, 4438, 6642, 7910, 6936

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit (SEE LAST PAGE)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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