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Mary B. 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013380
MRDS ID D009642
Record type Site
Current site name Mary B. Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim: Mary B. No. 2
Related records 10118167

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.82979, 39.19082 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position NEAR SW CORPORATION LINE OF 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 085W 12 S2 OF S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • AT NORTH BASE OF WEST ASPEN MTN. WEST OF PRIDE OF ASPEN MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE FOUND TO CONTAIN SMALL AMOUNTS OF AG, PB, ZN, CU, AS, CD, CO, AND NI

Analytical data

Result PYRITE ASSAYED 14 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Porphyry;Hornblende Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Aplite Porphyry;Hornblende Quartz Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Belden And Maroon Formation;Manitou Dolomite
    Rock description Belden And Maroon Formation;Manitou Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.82979, 39.19082
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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 Mary B. Fault, Pride Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Castle Creek Fault Zone

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mary B. Lease
    Home office Aspen, Co.
    First year 1936
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Hines
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca.
    First year 1936

Comments on the workings information

  • 175-FT-DEEP SHAFT WITH 28-FT DRIFT AT 100-FT LEVEL AND DRIFT OF UNKNOWN EXTENT AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 166-167

  • 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 19640

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit (SEE LAST PAGE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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