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Isabel Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101818
MRDS ID D009707
Record type Site
Current site name Isabel Mine
Related records 10239713

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47614, 38.61973 (WGS84)
Elevation 2361
Relative position 11 MILES N 30 W OF PARKDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gribble Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 072W 29,31 SW OF SW OF SW (29); NE OF NE (31) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH BANK OF SMITH GULCH, 2 MILES W OF JUNCTION WITH CURRANT CREEK, ON TALLAHASSEE ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gahnite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ZN ORE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 271
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.47614, 38.61973
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20-60 E
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Length 53.34M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Quartz Veins, Skarns

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1932

Mining district

District name Guffey District (Freshwater District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Christianson
    First year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • INACCESSIBLE IN 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GNEISSIC FOLIATION TRENDS N 20-60 E AND IS VERTICAL; ORE OCCURS AS MASSES AND VEINLETS IN CONFORMABLE, COARSE, WHITE QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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