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Betty Mine

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Cobalt
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016084
MRDS ID DC00344
Record type Site
Current site name Betty Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Chimney Mine, Betty Lowe
Related records 10288134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.56447, 38.73833 (WGS84)
Elevation 2742
Relative position ABOUT 0.25 MILE SOUTH OF BLACK MOUNTAIN ROAD AND WEST OF CURRANT CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 73W 21 W2 OF NW OF NE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Anthophyllite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Cordierite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue
Spinel Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rocks Of Guffey Volcanic Center; Basalt Dikes, Tuff And Tuff Breccia
    Rock description Rocks Of Guffey Volcanic Center; Basalt Dikes, Tuff And Tuff Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.56447, 38.73833
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N42E
    Dip 65SE
    Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1932
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Guffey (Freshwater)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Selco Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE HOWELL SHAFT IS 300 FT DEEP WITH MINOR DRIFTING. THE DELL SHAFT IS 30 FT DEEP WITH A 30 FT DRIFT FOLLOWING THE MINERALIZED ZONE NE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    DOC. 3484, AND DOC. 10,080, MICROFILM COMM. FILES, MIN. DEP. BRANCH

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., AND BEVER, J.E., 1957 OCCURENCES OF SILLIMANITE-GROUP MINERALS IN PARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORRADO; COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY VOL. 52, NO. 4 P. 46-47.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

  • Deposit

    5) BEVER, J.E., 1953, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY REGION, COLORADO; AMERICAN MINERALOGIST VOL. 38 NO 1 & 2 P 138-141.

  • Deposit

    6) LOVERING, T.S. AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE COLORADO; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223 P. 69-70

  • Deposit

    7) BEVER, J.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE GUFFEY AREA, COLORADO; UNIV OF MICH PHD THEESIS

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P. 00

  • Deposit

    EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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