| Deposit ID | 10101855 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010522 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Venture Lode Mine 1933 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.94642, 38.61778 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2743 |
| Relative position | 6.7 MILES N23E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Salida East(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)
Federal lands
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 050N | 009E | 02 | NE OF NE OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Siderite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite (Calumet Granodiorite) | ||||||||
| Rock description | Granodiorite (Calumet Granodiorite) | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Leadville Limestone |
| Rock description | Leadville Limestone |
| (1) | -105.94642, 38.61778 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Mosquito Range, Northern Sangre De Cristo Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault Trending N-S; Pleasant Valley Syncline |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1933 |
| Year of first production | 1933 |
| District name | Calumet District (Turret District) |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010522 |
OSBORN, E.F. AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMENT, CO LORADO MINING DISTRICT: ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED M ASTER OF ARTS THESIS, P. 132-133.
SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOG IC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EXTENT OF DEPOSIT UNKNOWN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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