Colewood Tunnel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094460
MRDS ID D007944
Record type Site
Current site name Colewood Tunnel
Related records 10191460

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.93034, 37.89445 (WGS84)
Elevation 3139
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.9 MILES N 05 W 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

San Luis Peak(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 13 NW OF NW OF NE 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 WEST OF NELSON CR. APPROX. 0.75 MILE ABOVE MOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of 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 Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.93034, 37.89445

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 Apparently An Isolated Fault Between The Amethyst And Solomon-Holy Moses Zones, Could Be Same Fault As That At Midwest Mine

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 NE
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Midwest Mining Co.
    First year 1924

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN 166 FT AT N 32 W, THENCE 909 FT AT N 46 W

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 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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