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Akron Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009764
MRDS ID D002944
Record type Site
Current site name Akron Mine
Alternate or previous names Akron Tunnel, includes Mazeppa, May (or Little May), North Star, Tenderfoot, and W. and A. mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.3945, 38.53944 (WGS84)
Elevation 2972
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitepine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 050N 005E Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • About 10 miles north of Sargents, at the south end of Whitepine and east side of Tomichi Creek, in the SE/4 sec. 34, T 50 N, R 5 E.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Manitou Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.3945, 38.53944
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description reverse fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • Replacement ore occurs in sheared dolomite adjacent to rhyolite porphyry dike along Star fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tomichi (Whitepine) District

Comments on the production information

  • From 1901 to 1950, nearly 100,000 tons of ore were produced that averaged 0.01 oz/ton gold, 4.77 oz/ton silver, 0.12% copper, 10.43% lead, and 12.88% zinc. (Sunshine files)
  • Production from 1901 to 1950 totaled 99,497 tons of ore, and metals recovered were: 724 oz. of gold, 474,160 oz. silver, 232,783 lb. copper, 20,751,676 lb. lead, and 25,629,942 lb zinc. (USGS Prof. Paper 289)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Resources may exist, especially below the tunnel level. (Sunshine files)

Comments on development

  • Tunnel is driven about 3450 ft. east; 5 levels above the tunnel have extensive drifts and crosscuts.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 29-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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