Cowboy Johnson Adit

Occurrence in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087584
MRDS ID D007948
Record type Site
Current site name Cowboy Johnson Adit
Related records 10191083

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.96034, 37.85334 (WGS84)
Elevation 2819
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MILES N90W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Creede(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001W 35 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ALONG RAT CR. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS NW CORNER SEC. 35. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.96034, 37.85334

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alpha-Corsair Fault Zone; Creede Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1979
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco)
    Home office Grand Junction, Co.
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH

Comments on development

  • APPARENT REFURBISHING OF TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN AND NOT CONSISTENTLY REPORTED, TUNNEL COULD BE ON EAST SIDE OF RAT CR. IN NW/4 SEC 35 OR COULD BE NEAR OR AT CORSAIR MINE IN SEC. 34. ALPHA CORSAIR NOTED AS SYNONYM IN COLO. DIV. MINES FILES BUT REPORTS LOCATION AS 1.25 MILE UP RAT CR., WHICH PLACES IT IN SEC. 27, POSSIBLY AT OLD SUNNYSIDE TUNNEL. MILS CITES LOCATION AS E/2 SEC. 33, BUT THIS IS DOUBTFUL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. 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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