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Park View Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014749
MRDS ID D011661
Record type Site
Current site name Park View Mine
Alternate or previous names View of the Park Mine, Patented Claim: View of the Park, MS 20843, Unpatented Claims: Boots, Old Woman, D & N Lead Mining Co. Nos. 1-4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.50896, 37.94084 (WGS84)
Elevation 3551
Relative position 12.1 MILES S 61 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

Handies 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 006W 34 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LIES ABOVE LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER ON SE FACE OF EDITH MOUNTAIN ABOUT 0.6 MILE WSW OF WHITECROSS AND 1.9 MILES NNW OF HANDIES PEAK (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes;Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes;Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Rock description Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.50896, 37.94084
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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, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault Within 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 Park (Whitecross, Burrow Park, Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D And N Lead Mining Co.
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clarence Wright
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • WOOLSEY (1907) DESCRIBES WORKINGS AS TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY NW FOR AT LEAST 600 FT WITH 60-FT SHAFT LOCATED ABOVE TUNNEL. CDM REPORT DESCRIBES WORKINGS AS 100-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL AND 300-FT DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN LOCALIZED IN MAJOR FISSURE TRENDING ABOUT N 50 E, 65 NE, DISPLACING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE ON SE AGAINST PICAYUNE MEGABRECCIA ON NW. JUST NE OF MINE IS CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN DIABASE DIKE TRENDING GENERALLY N 75 W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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