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Cloverdale Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10094528
MRDS ID D009081
Record type Site
Current site name Cloverdale Mine
Alternate or previous names Cloverdale Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.72836, 38.23557 (WGS84)
Elevation 3487
Relative position 15.8 MILES N 65 W FROM WESTCLIFFE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Electric Peak(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

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046N 011E 14 N2 OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTHEASTERN BANK OF NORTH LAKE CREEK, ABOUT 1000 FT ABOVE CREEK BED AND CLOVERDALE BASIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result .3 TO .5 OZ/TON AU ESTIMATED

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22
Model code 64
USGS model code 18f
Deposit model name Skarn Au
Mark3 model number 82

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo Formation, Lower Member
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo Formation, Lower Member
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.72836, 38.23557
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922

Mining district

District name Rainbow Lake District, Lake Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oakwood Mining Co.
    Home office Enid, Ok.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stamina Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office W.B. Porch, President, Hillside, Co.
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 1700 FT, PLUS TWO SHORTER TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS; A FLOTATION MILL WAS BUILT OVER SEVERAL SUMMERS BUT BURNED AFTER FIRST DAY'STEST RUN. IT MILLED 30 TONS OF ORE THAT DAY.

Comments on development

  • WORKING SUMMERS ONLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CLOVERDALE CLUB

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. WOBUS, R.A, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10X20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982, INSPECTION RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 MAIN VEIN. THE LARGEST IS 2. FT WIDE BUT LOWEST GRADE. THE OTHERS ARE 3-6 FT WIDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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