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Black Rose Mine

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016130
MRDS ID DC00426
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-105.40337, 40.09415 (WGS84) SE 1/4 NW 1/4
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Town -105.38809, 40.11581 (WGS84) 10000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 72W 36 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • About 2 miles SSW of Jamestown in secs. 35-36, T2N, R72W. New Rival adjoins it on the SW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE AND SULFIDE MINERALS: PETZITE, KRENNERITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND SOME ALTAITE. RUSTY GOLD IN OXIDIZED ZONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Petzite Ore
Krennerite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) silicified wall rocks

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.40337, 40.09415
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Town (2) -105.38809, 40.11581
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description ore shoots localized by junctions

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Junctions

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $60,000 in low tonnage of high grade ore.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Sunshine Mining Co. files (Boulder County - Jamestown Project) contain reports that describe the Black Rose mine workings and geology, and include discussions of ore reserves, and exploration targets. In 1992 Sunshine declined to do additional work.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS P.P. 223, PG 277, FIG. 77

  • Deposit

    CONSV.DIV.COMP.DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 13-DEC-2005 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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