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Belle of the East Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014671
MRDS ID D011552
Record type Site
Current site name Belle of the East Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim: Belle of the East, Ms 385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.28396, 38.00307 (WGS84)
Elevation 2972
Relative position 2.45 MILES S 39 E FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 004W 10,15 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM STRADDLES SECTION LINE ON HILLSIDE EAST OF LAKE FORK,ADJOINI NG CLAIMS OF BELLE OF THE WEST MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR TUNNEL OPENING IN C N2 SE NE SEC. 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Volcanics Of Uncompahgre Peak;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Volcanics Of Uncompahgre Peak;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.28396, 38.00307
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Radial Fault/Fracture Rlated To Lake City Caldera Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name Lake (Lake City) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lucky Day Mines And Milling Co.
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1923
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. H. Avery (Estate)
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1923

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Description Ap_Grade: ^58.7 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.12 Oz/Ton Au, 3.3 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1657g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS OTHER THAN 1922. MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S. VOLUMES CITE SOME PRODUCTION IN 1914.

Comments on the workings information

  • CDM REPORTS DESCRIBED WORKINGS AS 600-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY SE, 40-FT BY 200-FT STOPE; LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN 90 FT PRESUMABLY GENERALLY SE; OPEN CUTS; 50-TPD FLOTATION MILL (EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES IN THICK, HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED RHYOLITE FLOWS AND DOMES OCCUPYING EAST PART OF UNCOMPAGHRE CALDERA'S MOAT-FILL. BROWN (19 26) DESCRIBED NE-TRENDING VEIN AS PARALLEL TO ABOUT 150 FT NW OF BELLE OF THE WEST VEIN. APPROX OR OF ORE DEPOSITION WAS PYRITE, SPHALERITE T ETRAHEDRITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE. ONE SECTION SHOWED APPARENT SIMULTANEOUS DEPOSITION OF SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE, AND GALENA. VEIN OCCUPIES RADIAL FRACTURE/FAULT NE OF LAKE CITY CALDERA AND LIES IN SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, ON APPROX BOUNDARY BETWEEN RHODOCHROSITE-TETRAHEDRITE ZONE AND INNER QUARTZ-SPHALERITE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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