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Akney Mine

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013965
MRDS ID D010542
Record type Site
Current site name Akney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.61588, 40.94608 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 38 MILES N50W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011N 073W 06 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE SHAFT SHOWN ON DIAMOND PEAK TOPO QUAD AND ON 1916 HOME 30-MIN SHEET MOST CLOSELY FITS DESCRIPTION IN CDM INF. REPT., WHICH GIVES LO CATION AS 48 TO 50 MILES NW OF FORT COLLINS ON SHEEP CREEK. THIS MINE LIES ON TRIBUTARY STREAM 1.5 MILES NORTH OF SHEEP CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.61588, 40.94608
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Virginia Dale Ring-Dike Comp Lex
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sherman Batholith

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Akney Copper Mining Co.
    Home office Fort Collins, Co.
    First year 1921

Comments on the workings information

  • 155-FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVEL ONE AT 100 FT WITH 90-FT SW DRIF T; LEVEL TWO AT 155 FT WITH 100-FT SW DRIFT AND 30-FT CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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