Emma Mine

Past Producer in Conejos county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101859
MRDS ID D010638
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim: Emma, Ms 12752

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.53866, 37.38558 (WGS84)
Elevation 3359
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.3 MILES S 49 E FROM SUMMITVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Conejos(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summitville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Conejos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 036N 004E 03 N2 OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLE LOCATION BASED ON PATTON'S MAP IS 0.45 MILE ENE OF TELLURIDE MTN AND 3 MILES ESE OF LOOKOUT MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Petzite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite (Alamosa River Stock)
    Rock description Intrusive Rocks--Monzonite (Alamosa River Stock)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff;Summitville Andesite
    Rock description La Jara Canyon Member Of Treasure Mountain Tuff;Summitville Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.53866, 37.38558

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Platoro Caldera, Summitville Caldera, Alamosa River Stock, Cornwall Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Decatur West (Stunner) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL 375 FT WITH 50-FT CROSSCUT DRIVEN 60 FT FROM BREAST. 350-FT SHAFT CONNECTS WITH TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTON, H.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PLATORO-SUMMITVILLE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 13.

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PLATORO CALDERA AREA, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-828.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 12752

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIKELY IS QUARTZ VEIN TRENDING NW-SE, BUT IS APPARENTLY LOCATED IN LA JARA CANYON MBR ASH FLOW FILL IN PLATORO CALDERA JUST SOUTH OF CORNWALL FAULT THAT TRUNCATES CORNWALL RESURGENT BLOCK AND MARKS SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SUMMITVILLE CALDERA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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