Stockton Mine

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087827
MRDS ID D010238
Record type Site
Current site name Stockton Mine
Alternate or previous names Gertrude Vein
Related records 10165754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.96448, 38.51333 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 2.0 MILES S 46 E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 049N 009E 10 N2 OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES SE OF SALIDA ON NORTH SIDE OF ARKANSAS RIVER; LARGEST MINE IN DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE FIRST RECOGNIZED DURING WWI

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Grossularite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Rocks Highly Altered, Scapolitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.96448, 38.51333

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range, Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Stockton Vein, Gertrude Vein; Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 83 E (STOCKTON VEIN)
    Dip 83 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stockton Vein, Gertrude Vein; Schistosity Of Granites; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Cleora District Salida Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. G. Gobatti
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED EXTENSIVELY FOR COPPER IN 1870'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH 3 SHORT LEVELS, 2 ADITS EACH 500-600 FT IN LENGTH ON STOCKTON VEIN; GERTRUDE VEIN HAS 125-FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 VEINS, ALL STRIKE NE, PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY OF GRANITE; VEINS ARE PEGMATITIC IN CHARACTER
Deposit D&RGW RAILROAD PASSES WITHIN 300 YDS OF MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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