| Deposit ID | 10014187 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010852 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sadie Mine |
| Related records | 10191096 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.01592, 37.41251 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3490 |
| Relative position | 11.8 MILES N 41 W FROM DURANGO |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | La Plata |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 036N | 011W | 01 | NE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Cutler Formation |
| Rock description | Cutler Formation |
| (1) | -108.01592, 37.41251 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | La Plata Dome |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1928 |
| Year of last production | 1930 |
| District name | California (La Plata) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | San Juan N. F. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010852 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080670255 |
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PL PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 163-164
ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 163 (AS COMPILED FROM USBM RECORDS)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF BLEACHED AND PARTLY SILICIFIED CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS. VEIN IS PROBABLY EXTENSION OF GOLD KING-EUREKA VEIN AND DIPS 60 TO 70 NORTH NEAR LOWER ADIT BUT CHANGES TO VERTICAL ABOVE UPPER ADIT. VEIN FOLLOWS 1- TO 4-FT-WIDE FRACTURE ZONE WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES OF VEIN MATTER CONSISTING OF VEINLETS AND SMALL LENSES OF INTIMATELY INTERGROWN PYRITE AND TETRAHEDRITE WITH SOME GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE. MINE IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THAT IT PROVES EXISTENCE OF WORKABLE ORE FARTHER EAST THAN OTHER KNOWN ZONES ON GOLD VEIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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