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Miser Mine

Past Producer in Rio Grande county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014024
MRDS ID D010632
Record type Site
Current site name Miser Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Miser, MS 6607, Knoblock, MS 6607, Clara, MS 6607, Tidal Wave, MS 6607, King, MS 6607, Mae, MS 6607, Unpatented Claims: Ross, Winnie, Orient, Plutarch, Ballantine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.47782, 37.4178 (WGS84)
Elevation 2792
Relative position 6.5 MILES S 82 E FROM SUMMITVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jasper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 037N 005E 30,31 SW OF SE (30); N2 (31) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON LOWER NORTH SLOPE OF CORNWALL MTN SOUTH OF ALAMOSA RIVER 0.85 MILE WEST OF JASPER. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PORTAL SITE IN SEC. 30. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result AU ASSAYS REPORTED BY WOOLF (1914): HIGH-GRADE 1/4 ASSAY TON, 3.68 OZ/TON
Result WHITE QUARTZ BEFORE CONCENTRATION, 0.24 OZ/TON
Result ROUGH GRAY QUARTZ, 1/4 ASSAY TON, 0.08 OZ/TON
Result FIRST GRADE QUARTZ IN 1/2-INCH STREAK, 1.92 OZ/TON
Result 18-INCH WHITE CURLEY QUARTZ, 0.30 OZ/TON
Result SECOND GRADE CURLEY QUARTZ ROCK, 6.20 OZ/TON
Result REJECTS, 0.09 OZ/TON
Result CONCENTRATE, WHITE QUARTZ, 0.60 OZ/TON
Result CONCENTRATE, CURLEY QUARTZ, 8.50 OZ/TON
Result ROCK FROM VEIN OR STREAK, 1.84 OZ/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry
    Rock description Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff;Summitville Andesite
    Rock description La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff;Summitville Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.47782, 37.4178
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Cornwall Fault, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block, Jasper Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1930

Mining district

District name Decatur Ne (Jasper) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ballentine And Hook
    Home office Jasper
    First year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernest Moncrieff
    First year 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6 Oz/Ton Au, 67 Oz/Ton Ag, 23% Pb, 5.5% Cu, 9% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
    Major Copper Copper 6wt-pct
    Major Lead Lead 23wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 1892g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 169g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1916-19, 1927-28, 1931, 1933. MINE AND MILL PRODUCTION REPORTED ABOVE IS COMBINED MISER AND GUADALOUPE TUNNELS.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY SE 700 FT TOWARD TIP TOP VEIN, CUTTING PERRY VEIN AT 350 FT. 50-FT DRIFT DRIVEN ON PERRY VEIN. SMALL SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH SUNK ON VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT: CGS BULL. 13.

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.

  • Deposit

    WOOLF, J.H., 1914, GEOLOGY OF THE JASPER DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-467

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEYS

  • Production

    COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED NEAR EAST MARGIN OF COLLAPSED SUMMITVILLE CALDERA WHERE CORNWALL FAULT RING FRACTURE TRUNCATES OLDER POST-PLATORO-COLLAPSE CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK, DISPLACING UPPER SUMMITVILLE ANDESITE OF SUMMITVILLE CALDERA ON NW AGAINST LA JARA CANYON MEMBER OF THE PLATORO CALDERA ON SE. JUST NORTH OF ALAMOSA RIVER AND JASPER IS INFERRED INTERSECTION OF OLDER CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT (EAST BOUNDARY OF CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK) AND YOUNGER CORNWALL FAULT (SUMMITVILLE RING FRACTURE). JASPER ANDESITE PORPHYRY STOCK IS POST-SUMMITVILLE-COLLAPSE CALDERA-MARGIN INTRUSIVE. SMALL MONZONITE PORPHYRY STOCK SITUATED ON CORNWALL FAULT JUST SOUTH OF RIVER APPARENTLY LOCALIZED MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION AT MISER AND GUADALOUPE MINES. PRINCIPAL NW-SE VEIN TRENDS FROM MISER AREA APPARENTLY EXTEND INTO PERRY PROPERTY. VEIN IN MISER MINE TRENDS N 40 W, 70 NE AND COULD REFLECT FRACTURE TRENDS ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER CORNWALL BLOCK RESURGENCE OR SUMMITVILLE CALDERA COLLAPSE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870S

Reporter information

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

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