Vanderbilt Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087575
MRDS ID D007926
Record type Site
Current site name Vanderbilt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.43863, 38.15057 (WGS84)
Elevation 2477
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 1.1 MILES N04W FROM THE JUNCTION OF SR96 AND CR277 IN SILVER CLIFF, CO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcliffe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022S 072W 9 SE OF SE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • WHITE HILLS NORTH OF SILVER CLIFF ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Barite Gangue
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weakly Argillized

Analytical data

Result WHOLE ROCK ANALYSIS 12 OZ AG/TON
Result MN SEAM YIELDED 60 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.43863, 38.15057

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault; Cross Fissure N65w Cuts Off Ore On South

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 15-20 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Silver Cliff

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT; PT 2, P. 405-472.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RICHER NEAR SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Collins, Donna B. 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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