Perry Mine

Past Producer in Rio Grande county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10087894
MRDS ID	D010633
Record type	Site
Current site name	Perry Mine
Alternate or previous names	Patented Claim: Perry, Ms 2369
Related records	10264877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-106.46338, 37.4078 (WGS84)
Elevation	2999
Location accuracy	250(meters)
Relative position	7.2 MILES S 79 E FROM SUMMITVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jasper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(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	Rio Grande

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
New Mexico	037N	005E	32	W2 W2	Colorado

Comments on the location information

ON LOWER NE SLOPE OF CORNWALL MTN SOUTH OF ALAMOSA RIVER 0.7 MILES SW OF JASPER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Silver	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	RICHEST ORE ASSAYED UP TO 2.2 OZ/TON AU AND 1200 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Oligocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Oligocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Oligocene

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
Rock unit name	Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry
Rock description	Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry;Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite Porphyry

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
Rock unit name	La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff
Rock description	La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-106.46338, 37.4078	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Cornwall Fault, California Gulch Fault, Cornwall Block, Jasper Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1874
Discoverer	Andrew Johnson
Year of first production	1874
Year of last production	1875

Mining district

District name	Decatur Ne (Jasper) District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Cornwall Mining Co.

Type	Owner
Owner	Cornwall Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

225-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY SW CONNECTING WITH 150-FT INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

PERRY MINE WAS FIRST TO PRODUCE IN JASPER DISTRICT. INTERESTING FEATURE OF MINE WAS ORE HAULAGE DOWN THE HILLSIDE VIA WOODEN RAILWAY INCLINED AT ABOUT 32 DEG. ORE CAR JUMPED THE TRACK ON SECOND TRIP, AND STRUCTURE WAS NOT USED AGAIN.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D010633
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0081050024

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.
Deposit

LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.
Deposit

WOOLF, J.H., 1914, GEOLOGY OF THE JASPER DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES THESIS T-467.
Deposit

BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 2369

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED NEAR EAST MARGIN OF COLLAPSED SUMMITVILLE CALDERA WHERE CORNWALL FAULT RING FRACTURE TRUNCATES OLDER POST-PLATORO-COLLAPSE CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK, DISPLACING UPPER SUMMITVILLE ANDESITE OF SUMMITVILLE CALDERA ON NW AGAINST LA JARA CANYON MEMBER OF THE PLATORO CALDERA ON SE. JUST NORTH OF ALAMOSA RIVER AND JASPER IS INFERRED INTERSECTION OF OLDER CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT (EAST BOUNDARY OF CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK) AND YOUNGER CORNWALL FAULT (SUMMITVILLE RING FRACTURE). JASPER ANDESITE PORPHYRY STOCK IS POST-SUMMITVILLE-COLLAPSE CALDERA-MARGIN INTRUSIVE. SMALL MONZONITE PORPHYRY STOCK SITUATED ON CORNWALL FAULT JUST SOUTH OF RIVER APPARENTLY LOCALIZED MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION AT MISER AND GUADALOUPE MINES. PRINCIPAL NW-SE VEIN TRENDS FROM MISER AREA APPARENTLY EXTEND INTO PERRY PROPERTY. WOOLF (1914) REPORTS THREE FAULTS IN TUNNEL--TWO AT N 35 W, 50 SW AND THIRD AT N 60 W, 50 SW, REFLECTING FRACTURE TRENDS ASSOCIATED EITHER WITH CORNWALL BLOCK RESURGENCE OR
Deposit	WITH SUMMITVILLE CALDERA COLLAPSE.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED NEAR EAST MARGIN OF COLLAPSED SUMMITVILLE CALDERA WHERE CORNWALL FAULT RING FRACTURE TRUNCATES OLDER POST-PLATORO-COLLAPSE CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK, DISPLACING UPPER SUMMITVILLE ANDESITE OF SUMMITVILLE CALDERA ON NW AGAINST LA JARA CANYON MEMBER OF THE PLATORO CALDERA ON SE. JUST NORTH OF ALAMOSA RIVER AND JASPER IS INFERRED INTERSECTION OF OLDER CALIFORNIA GULCH FAULT (EAST BOUNDARY OF CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK) AND YOUNGER CORNWALL FAULT (SUMMITVILLE RING FRACTURE). JASPER ANDESITE PORPHYRY STOCK IS POST-SUMMITVILLE-COLLAPSE CALDERA-MARGIN INTRUSIVE. SMALL MONZONITE PORPHYRY STOCK SITUATED ON CORNWALL FAULT JUST SOUTH OF RIVER APPARENTLY LOCALIZED MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION AT MISER AND GUADALOUPE MINES. PRINCIPAL NW-SE VEIN TRENDS FROM MISER AREA APPARENTLY EXTEND INTO PERRY PROPERTY. WOOLF (1914) REPORTS THREE FAULTS IN TUNNEL--TWO AT N 35 W, 50 SW AND THIRD AT N 60 W, 50 SW, REFLECTING FRACTURE TRENDS ASSOCIATED EITHER WITH CORNWALL BLOCK RESURGENCE OR

Deposit

WITH SUMMITVILLE CALDERA COLLAPSE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-83	Schwochow, Stephen D.	Colorado Geological Survey

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