Saints John Mine

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009708
MRDS ID D002830
Record type Site
Current site name Saints John Mine
Alternate or previous names Florado, Saint John Mine
Related records 10264660

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.87838, 39.57027 (WGS84)
Elevation 3194
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position N AND NW FLANKS OF GLACIER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(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 005S 076W 34 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MORE SILVER LOWER IN THE MINE. SURFACE ORE: GLAENA WITH SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE, POLYBASITE. DEEPER ORE: GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, ARGENTITE, BRITTLE SILVER. RICHEST ORE DEEPEST: PROUSTITE, POLYBASITE, STEPHANITE, AG-TETRAHEDRITE, MINOR GALENA + SPHALERITE IN RHODOCHROSITE + BARITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.87838, 39.57027

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 LEVELS, MAIN VEIN STRIKE N30-50E
Deposit OLDEST PRODUCING MINE IN MONTEZUMA DISTRICT. ONE OF THE OLDEST SILVER MINES IN COLORADO. THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC05626. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC05626 WAS DELETED.

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 10-AUG-2007 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.