Sulphuret Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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 10014687
MRDS ID D011569
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphuret Mine
Alternate or previous names Sulphuret-Cora Mine, Patented Claims: Sulphuret, MS 589, Cora, MS 615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.30035, 38.00807 (WGS84)
Elevation 2734
Relative position 1.7 MILES S 23 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 004W 03,04,09 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LIES ON LOWER HILLSIDE NE OF LAKE FORK AT VICKERS RANCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CORA ADIT, IN SE SE SE SE SEC. 04 (FORESHORTENED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Fish Canyon Tuff
    Rock description Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics;Fish Canyon Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
    Rock description Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.30035, 38.00807

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-Trending Radial Fracture/Fault 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 1921

Mining district

District name Lake (Lake City) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sulphurette Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Pueblo, Co.
    First year 1922
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. Heath
    First year 1922

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLE PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES REPORTED IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S. VOLUMES FOR 1914, 1915, 1916, 1919, AND 1922 NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY BUT COMBINED WITH FIGURES FROM OTHER LAKE DISTRICT MINES.

Comments on the workings information

  • CDM REPORTS DESCRIBE SULPHURET WORKINGS AS 200-FT TUNNEL (DRIVEN GENERALLY NE), 40- AND 200-FT-DEEP SHAFTS. CORA TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY NE, EXTENT UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LOCATED ON GENERALLY N 55 E-TRENDING RADIAL FAULT CUTTING UNCOMPAHGRE MOAT-FILL ROCKS AND PROJECTING NE FROM LAKE CITY CALDERA AND RED MTN RHYOLITE INTRUSION. VEIN LIES IN SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, QUARTZ-SPHALERITE ZONE.

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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