Risorgimento Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014683
MRDS ID D011567
Record type Site
Current site name Risorgimento Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim: Risorgimento, Ms 17676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.35257, 38.01694 (WGS84)
Elevation 2798
Relative position 2.4 MILES S 66 W 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 044N 004W 32 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LIES ON HILLSIDE SOUTH OF HENSON CREEK ABOUT 0.35 MILE BELOW CONFLUENCE OF ALPINE GULCH. ; 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
Galena 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 Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Rock description Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    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) -107.35257, 38.01694

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-To Nne-Trending Radial Or Transverse Fault/Fracture Related 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 1958

Mining district

District name Lake (Lake City) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hughes Mining Co.
    Home office Grand Junction, Co.
    First year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Watson
    Home office Casper, Wy.
    First year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLE PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1958.

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY SOUTH OR SE FOR 70 FT; LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY SOUTH OR SE FOR 400 FT. IN 1977, NEW 125-FT ADIT WAS BEING DRIVEN TO INTERSECT OLD WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LOCATED NORTH OF LAKE CITY CALDERA WALL IN UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA MOAT-FILL SEQUENCE. SAPINERO MESA TUFF FOLIATION TRENDS N 30 TO 65 E,5 TO 15 SE, VEIN LIES NEAR WEST MARGIN OF SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, INNER QUARTZ-SPHALERITE ZONE NEXT TO QUART/BASE METAL ASSEMBLAGE, INNER QUARTZ-CHALCOPYRITE ZONE. NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE OF VEIN AND ORE, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE EITHER RADIAL VEIN OR TRANSVERSE VEIN SIMILAR TO THAT AT PELICAN MINE TO NE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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