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Jennie Lind Mine

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tellurium, Vanadium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014171
MRDS ID D010828
Record type Site
Current site name Jennie Lind Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim: Jennie Lind, Ms 17561
Related records 10142534

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.01064, 37.41418 (WGS84)
Elevation 3438
Relative position 11.7 MILES N 39 W FROM DURANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 037N 010W 31 S2 OF S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). AT HEAD OF WALLS GULCH JUST EAST OF EAGLE PASS, 3.1 MILES NE OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry;Nonporphyritic Rocks--Diorite
    Rock description Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry;Nonporphyritic Rocks--Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cutler Formation
    Rock description Cutler Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.01064, 37.41418
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Plata Dome

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Nw-Trending Vein With Ne-Trending Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1892
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name California (La Plata) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name San Juan N. F.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lewis Mountain Mining Co.
    Home office Durango, Co.
    First year 1969
  • Type Owner
    Owner Steward Brothers
    Home office Durango, Co.
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1901. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1902-1903, 1905-1908, 1910-1911, 1915-1921, 1923-1961, 1963, 1965-1966, AND AFTER 1967. FIGURES FOR 1962, 1964, AND 1967 FROM COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY THREE MAIN ADITS, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, AND OPEN CUTS. UPPER TWO TUNNELS DRIVEN AT LEAST 200 FT BUT ARE INACCESSIBLE. LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN VARIABLY N 60 TO 80 W FOR 500 FT TO FACE, WITH SHORT BRANCH TUNNELS AT 380, 430, AND 482 FT FROM PORTAL; 30-FT STOPE AT 450 TO 480 FT FROM PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 130-131.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 17561

  • Production

    ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 130 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS, USBM, AND CDM RECORDS); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCKS CONSIST OF SOUTH-AND SW-DIPPING CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS GRADING INTO DIORITE. VEIN TREND VARIES FROM N 82 W EAST OF MINE TO N 60 W NEAR MINE, DIPPING STEEPLY BOTH NE AND SW. JENNIE LIND VEIN PROBABLY INTERSECTS EAGLE PASS VEIN. LOWER ADIT EXPOSES 2- TO 7-FT-WIDE SILICIFIED FRACTURE ZONE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND GRANULAR QUARTZ. DUMP ORE SHOWED INTERGROWN QUARTZ AND BARITE WITH GREENISH TELLURIDE-BEARING(?) QUART WITH GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND PYRITE. ORE SHOOT MAY HAVE BEEN CONTROLLED BY INTERSECTION OF NW-TRENDING JENNIE LIND VEIN WITH NE-TRENDING SHEAR ZONES NEAR FACE OF TUNNEL.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1880S

Reporter information

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

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