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New Shaft

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087577
MRDS ID D007931
Record type Site
Current site name New Shaft
Alternate or previous names Whistle Pipe

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.33029, 38.12807 (WGS84)
Elevation 2780
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 2.1 MILES N06W FROM ROSITA, CO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tyndall(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 071W 21 NW OF NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BASSICK MINE NORTH OF QUERIDA; WORKINGS POSSIBLY/PROBABLY ADJOIN BASSICK MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS DEPOSITED IN CONCENTRIC LAYERS AROUND BRECCIA BOULDERS; OUTER ZNS LAYER RICHEST IN AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strongly Argillized; Quartz Zone

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.33029, 38.12807
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Pipe, Faults, Fractures, Mineralized Fissures

Ore body information

  • Name Whistle Pipe
    General form breccia pipe

Controls for ore emplacement

  • junction of two faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHARCOAL SEVERAL INCHES LONG SHOWING WOODY FIBERS, SILICIFICATION AND PYRITE FOUND AT DEPTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1878

Mining district

District name Rosita

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

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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