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Columbine Mine

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087786
MRDS ID D009632
Record type Site
Current site name Columbine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35501, 38.39057 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 7.2 MILES S 64 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Royal Gorge(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019S 071W 17 SE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FROM PARKDALE ON COPPER GULCH ROAD 11 MILES, TAKE NW FORK OF ROAD FOR 1.5 MILES THEN TURN SOUTH 1 MILE TO MARSH GULCH DRAINAGE. PROCEED 2 MILES UP DRAINAGE. MINE IS 0.25 MILE TO EAST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result CU (0.10-0.5%), ZN (0.43-5.3%), PB (0.2-4.7%), AG (0.1-1.3 OZ/TON)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 271
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35501, 38.39057
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ilse Fault; Brecciated Shear Zone 3 Ft Wide, Strikes Due East; Horseshoe Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN VEINS RUN GENERALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO MAIN SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Grape Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COKER, 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.228HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TRENCHES WITH SHAFT COMPLEX WITH DRIFTS, WINZES AND AT LEAST 3 LEVELS OF WORKINGS; TRENCH 1 IS 18 FT WIDE BY 76 FT LONG, BEARING N 55 E, TERMINATING AT FLOODED SHAFT 1. SHAFT 1 CONNECTS WITH LOWEST LEVEL IN WORKINGS; TRENCH 2 IS OFFSET 8 FT NW OF SHAFT 1 AND BEARS N 60 E FOR 16 FT, TERMINATING AT FLOODED SHAFT 2, 17 FT DOWN FROM SURFACE LEVEL. SHAFT 3, DUE EAST OF SHAFT 2, HAS 100 FT DRIFT, WINZE PROVIDING ACCESS TO LOWER LEVELS. LOWER LEVELS FLOODED.

Comments on development

  • OPENED IN MID 1940'S. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS OR ORE GRADE REPORTS AVAILABLE; THERE IS A STOCKPILE OF WHAT IS APPARENTLY ORE ON THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 25-29

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY WESTERNMOST EXTENSION OF HORSESHOE-EL PLOMO MASSIVE SULFIDE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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