Lower Chatauqua Mine

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107832
MRDS ID D002823
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Chatauqua Mine
Related records 10119392

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.86949, 39.55305 (WGS84)
Elevation 3475
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006S 076W 03 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CHATAUQUA (LOWER): 39-33-11N, 105-52-07W; CHATAUQUA (UPPER): 39-33-28N, 105-52-00W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TETRAHEDRITE ONLY IN BRECCIATED ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.86949, 39.55305

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E TO E
    Dip 40-50N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 115.82M
    Overall depth 52.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT > 173 FT., TWO ADITS, ONE IS 130 FT., AND ONE IS > 250 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 09-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.