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Skek City Mine

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10101568
MRDS ID D004939
MAS/MILS ID 0080270042
Record type Site
Current site name Skek City Mine
Alternate or previous names Skek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.37885, 38.04815 (WGS84)
Elevation 2529
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MILES SE OF WESTCLIFFE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aldrich Gulch(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

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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 023S;023S 072W;071W 13;18 CENTER OF E2 (13); CENTER OF W2 (18) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SW BORDER OF SILVER CLIFF GRABEN/VOLCANICS. ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF WILMER GULCH, ON EAST SIDE OF GRAVEL ROAD WHERE IT TURNS TO EST. ON UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO ANTELOPE CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Millerite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Undivided Gneiss
    Rock description Undivided Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.37885, 38.04815
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains, Silver Cliff Colvanics/Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wet Valley Graben

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 37E
    Depth to top 24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Gneiss

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PRECEEDED PRECAMBRIAN DEFORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Virgin, Bassick Extension Mining Corp.
    Home office St. Jacobs, Il.
    First year 1924
  • Type Owner
    Owner William Schelberger, Jasper Klutz, Fred Kipp, Westcliffe, And Edison, Eddy, Canon City
    First year 1924

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 202.69M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS: WORKING SHAFT 300 FT DEEP, OLD SHAFT 90 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE #45.3 SKEK CITY MINE 1942 FILE AT IFOC BLDG 20 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 473.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982, INSPECTION RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 degree QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC-050 Asarco core-drilled 2 holes in 1941. Mine workings consist of 50-ft vertical shaft and a short inclined shaft.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-80 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-82 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 09-JUL-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-APR-08 Klein, Terry U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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