Minnie Lee Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101903
MRDS ID D011572
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Lee Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Minnie Lee, MS 1473a, Minnie Lee Mill Site, MS 1473b, Morning Star, MS 12879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.48091, 37.87945 (WGS84)
Elevation 3505
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 13.6 MILES S 41 W FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redcloud Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 006W 24,25 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, BUT CLAIMS LIE ON HILLSIDE ON EAST SIDE OF CUBA GULCH 0.2 TO 0.4 MILES SOUTH OF CONFLUENCE WITH SNARE CREEK AND COTTONWOOD CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POSSIBLE WORKINGS DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION, IN SE SW SEC. 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.48091, 37.87945

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Silverton Caldera, Lake City Caldera, Eureka Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sherman District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Freeman Brothers
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1928
  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyer, Herman
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1928

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT DRIFT DRIVEN PRESUMABLY GENERALLY EASTWARD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 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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