Little Annie Mine

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101809
MRDS ID D009640
Record type Site
Current site name Little Annie Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim: Little Annie
Related records 10288885

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.82562, 39.12916 (WGS84)
Elevation 3127
Relative position 4.2 MILES S 6 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

Aspen(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011S 085W 01 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Polybasite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result (SEE LAST PAGE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Belden Formation;Quartz Porphyry
    Rock description Belden Formation;Quartz Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.82562, 39.12916

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Castle Creek Fault Zone, Annie Fault, Hope Fault, Winnie Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia And Fault Contact Between Porphyry And Shale

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer R. Wenger And Others (Claimants)

Mining district

District name Aspen (Roaring Fork) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Dawn, Inc.
    Home office Aspen, Co.
    First year 1968
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richmond Hill Exploration Co.
    Home office Aspen, Co.
    First year 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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