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Herman Passiflora Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087576
MRDS ID D007928
Record type Site
Current site name Herman Passiflora Mine
Alternate or previous names Shafts: Vidler, Edman, Baker, Rey, Blunt, Denver Lease, Claims: Thames River, Ten To One

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.46363, 38.15973 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES N30W OF SILVER CLIFF

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 8 NE OF NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF BEN WEST HILL ACCORDING TO ONE REPORT THIS IS THE SAME AS THE SONGBIRD MINE, BUT LOCATIONS DIFFER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION ABOUT $350,000

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Illite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillization, Bleaching

Analytical data

Result AG 15-100 OZ/TON
Result PB 6-30%
Result CU 2-9%
Result AU 0.07 OZ/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Rim Breccia And Latite Flow
    Rock description Rim Breccia And Latite Flow

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.46363, 38.15973
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mountains, Wet Mtn Valley
Type of structure Local
Structure description Concentric Faults Of Ben West Hill

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 50 TO 65 DEGREES NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Concentric Faults And Fissures

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cotter Corp.
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1963
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. D. Blunt
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Period 1926-1929
    Material ore
    Ore mined 136mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 121.92M

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

    FIELDMAN, D.W. AND CROWLEY, F.P., 1980, SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SILVER CLIFF CALDERA, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1981, INSPECT RECORDS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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