| Deposit ID | 10087582 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007943 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Midwest Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gateway Mine |
| Related records | 10166707 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.93034, 37.89445 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3124 |
| Relative position | 2.85 MILES N 03 W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
San Luis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 042N | 001W | 13 | NW OF NW OF NE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite |
| Rock description | Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite |
| (1) | -106.93034, 37.89445 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Isolated Fault Between Amethyst And Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zones; Creede Graben |
| Width | 2.74M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1970 |
| District name | Creede District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gateway Access Corp. |
| First year | 1970 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | New Midwest Mining, Ltd. |
| First year | 1970 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007943 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080790062 |
EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.
LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS., 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COLO. DIV. MINES REPORTS AN OLD MIDWEST MINE ACTIVE IN 1923 ON MAMMOTH MTN. A 1950 INSP. REPORT SAYS GATEWAY MINE WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS MIDWEST BUT NOW LOCATED ON NELSON CR. 2 MILES ABOVE AMETHYST. POSSIBLY SHOULD BE CALLED NEW MIDWEST MINE. "OLD" MIDWEST REPORTED TO BE 2000 FT LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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