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Tippecanoe Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014192
MRDS ID D010859
MAS/MILS ID 0080670287
Record type Site
Current site name Tippecanoe Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Tippecanoe, MS 1346, Monitor, MS 2084, Laura A., MS 2551a, Laura A. Mill Site, MS 2551b, Cora G., MS 4873, Old Cumberland Basin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.01398, 37.44807 (WGS84)
Elevation 3450
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 13.7 MILES N 34 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)

Middle San Juan(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;037N 010W;011W 19;24 S2 (19); SW (24) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS EXTEND ACROSS SE PART OF CUMBERLAND BASIN AT HEAD OF LA PLATA RIVER, 4.3 MILES NE OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE (UNSURVEYED SECTION). Location from PP-219, pl. 2 and MLA 2-92, fig. 39, p. 111.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS NOT OBSERVED BUT THOUGHT TO BE RUBY SILVER; MAY POSSIBLY INCLUDE OTHER AG SULFOSALTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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
    Rock description Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • 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

Main Entrance (1) -108.01398, 37.44807
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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 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Tippecanoe Mining, Milling, And Lumber Co. (Claimant)
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name California (La Plata) District

Land status

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

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. NO PRODUCTION IN 1902-1916 AND 1919-1943, AND APPARENTLY NONE AFTER 1943; PRODUCTION UNKNOWN FOR OTHER YEARS PRIOR TO 1902. PRODUCTION CITED IS FOR INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS AS LISTED. ESTIMATED AU FIGURES CALCULATED FROM AVERAGE PRICE OF $20.65/OZ. ESTIMATED AG FIGURES CALCULATED FROM REPORTED AVERAGE AG PRICES AS LISTED FOR EACH YEAR. AG FIGURE FOR 1887 (MONITOR) CALCULATED FROM DOLLAR VALUE LEFT AFTER SUBTRACTING VALUE OF REPORTED 143 LB PB (AT AVERAGE PRICE OF $0.045/LB) FROM TOTAL COMBINED VALUE OF AG AND PB. REPORTED VALUES OF AG AND AU FOR 1882 (TIPPECANOE) NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY.

Comments on the workings information

  • CORA G., LAURA A., AND MONITOR TUNNELS ARE PROBABLY CROSSCUTS DRIVEN SE TO VEIN AND ON ORDER OF 100 TO 400 FT IN LENGTH. TIPPECANOE TUNNEL PROBABLY A DRIFT TUNNEL DRIVEN ESE ALONG VEIN; OPEN CUTS AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • FOUR CLAIMS SURVEYED ALONG SAME VEIN FROM 1882-1888.

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. 73-74, 169.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1346, 2084, 2551A&B, 4873

  • Production

    ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 169 (AS COMPILED FROM REPTS. OF DIRECTOR OF MINT AND USBM)

  • Deposit

    Neubert and others, 1992, Mineral Appraisal of the San Juan National Forest, Colorado: USBM MLA 2-92, p. 111, fig. 39; p. 127; p. 128, fig. 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS AND TRAVERSED BY VUGGY QUARTZ-BARITE VEIN TRENDING ENE-WSW, DIPPING STEEPLY NORTH BUT WITH NW-TRENDING BRANCH ON WHICH TIPPECANOE MINE IS DEVELOPED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Reporter 12-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 24-JUL-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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