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Eclipse Mine

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087866
MRDS ID D010410
Record type Site
Current site name Eclipse Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Wyoming, MS 4190, Eclipse No. 1, Eclipse No. 2, Tunnel Lode
Related records 10191369

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.83118, 39.09805 (WGS84)
Elevation 2896
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6.2 MILES S 5 W FROM ASPEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011S 085W 13 CENTER Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILLSIDE SW OF CASTLE CREEK AND NORTH OF SAWYER CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR SMALL GRANODIORITE PLUG ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERAL IDENTIFIED ON BASIS OF GENERAL OCCURRENCE FOR DISTRICT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Maroon Formation;Gothic Formation
    Rock description Maroon Formation;Gothic Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.83118, 39.09805
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Creek Basin, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description White Rock Pluton, Elk Range Thrust Fault, Castle Creek Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Columbia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. R. Leaver And Associates
    First year 1921
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eclipse Mining Co.
    First year 1921

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY WORKED THROUGH 100-FT-LONG LITTLE TOM TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HAYDEN PEAK QUADRANGLE, PITKIN AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-863

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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