Apex Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013954
MRDS ID D010528
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Mine
Alternate or previous names Apex Copper Company Mine, Patented Claims: Apex, Kanesko, Unpatent Ed Claims: Rosella, Little May, Apex No. 2, Apex No. 7
Related records 10305716

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39475, 39.04167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2512
Relative position 4.7 MILES N 25 W OF LAKE GEORGE (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tarryall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012S 072W 01 CENTER Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • "ABOUT 6 MILES NW OF LAKE GEORGE NEAR OLD TOWN OF HAYMEN"; LOCATIO NS GIVEN ABOVE ARE EXACT, BUT THE SHAFT AT THAT LOCATION MAY NOT BE TH E APEX MINE. THE MINE SHOULD BE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY, HOWEVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Topaz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Greisenization

Analytical data

Result MASSES OF GALENA MAY CONTAIN 0.3-0.7% AG, 0.3-1.5% B1, 0.007-0.7% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39475, 39.04167

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Tappan M Ountain Stock
Type of structure Local
Structure description Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Greisenized Rocks; Localized By Fissures, Contacts, Favorable Rock Units

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1921

Mining district

District name Lake George (Badger Flats) Beryllium Area (Mountain Dale District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. O'Driscoll And Associates
    Home office Colorado Springs, Co.
    First year 1919

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY SOLD CRUDE ORE AND CONCENTRATES AT END OF 1921

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT SHAFT, 450 FT OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, SHAFT HAS ONE LEVEL ST ATION AT 250 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 FISSURE VEINS ON 250-FT LEVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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