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Bon Homme Tunnel

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014740
MRDS ID D011651
Record type Site
Current site name Bon Homme Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Fannie, MS 1100, Addie Lovell, MS 1950, B.C. Steinbeck, MS 1951, Pelican, MS 1952, Bon Homme, MS 1953, Crown Point, MS 1954a, Crown Point Mill Site, MS 1954b
Related records 10117967

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.50785, 37.93251 (WGS84)
Elevation 3466
Relative position 12.5 MILES S 58 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

Handies Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(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 042N;043N 006W;006W 02,03;34,35 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON HILLSIDE SE OF LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER 0.9 MILE SW OF WHITECROSS AND 1.35 MILE NNW OF HANDLES PEAK. SECTIONS LISTED INCLUDE THOSE COVERED BY STEINBECK'S CLAIMS. BON HOMME CLAIM LOCATED IN NW NE SEC. 03 (UNSURVEYED). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BI NOT VERIFIED HERE BUT IS BASED ON BROWN'S (1926) GENERAL OCCURRENCE OF LILLIANITE IN AREA.

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Rock description Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.50785, 37.93251
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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, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne- To Ene-Trending Fault/Fracture Related To Eureka Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer J.F. Steinbeck (Claimant)
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1974

Mining district

District name Park (Whitecross, Burrows Park, Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reeves Minerals, Inc.
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner William And Gardner Osborn
    Home office Bryan, Tx.
    First year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. PRODUCTION FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS BETWEEN 1880S AND EARLY 1900S.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN 1683 FT GENERALLY SE, WITH 300-FT NE CROSSCUT AND 100-FT SW CROSSCUT FROM FACE; RAISE OF UNKNOWN HEIGHT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO LIPMAN'S (1976) MAP, VEIN WOULD LIE IN ENE-TRENDING FAULT (DOWNDROPPED ON SE) THAT DISPLACES PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE ON NW AGAINST PICAYUNE MEGABRECCIA ON SE. WOOLSEY (1907) STATED THAT TUNNEL INTERSECTED FANNY VEIN THAT HAD BEEN SEEN ON OUTCROP, AND ORE CONSISTED CHIEFLY OF CHALCOPYRITE.

Reporter information

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

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