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Leadville 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. Ore body information
  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 10013378
MRDS ID D009639
Record type Site
Current site name Leadville Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim: Leadville
Related records 10288745

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.76006, 39.23388 (WGS84)
Elevation 2646
Relative position 4.7 MILES N 40 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 009S 084W 27 SE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LENADO AREA OR SUBDISTRICT ALONG WOODY CREEK 0.15 MILE UPSTREAM FROM LENADO TOWNSITE AND 600 FT SW OF ASPEN CONTACT MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE REPORTEDLY CONTAINS SOME CARBONATE, PROBABLY AS SMITHSONITE AND CERUSSITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ALTERED MUD ASSAYED 25 OZ/TON AG
Result RICHER ORE ASSAYED 3000 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Peerless Formation;Sawatch Quartzite
    Rock description Peerless Formation;Sawatch Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.76006, 39.23388
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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 Lenado Fault, Silver Fault

Ore body information

  • Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High-Angle Reverse Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Dennis Heaney (Claimant)

Mining district

District name Aspen (Roaring Fork) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN DUE EAST FOR 350 FT, THENCE S 40 E FOR 180 FT. SHAFT, 200 TO 250 FT DEEP, LIES UPHILL AND EAST OR ESE OF PORTAL. DRIFTS DEVELOPED AT END OF TUNNEL EXTEND 100 FT TO SW AND 300 FT TO NE INTO ASPEN CONTACT MINE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 201-202

  • 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 6576

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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