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Outlet Tunnel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012318
MRDS ID D007876
Record type Site
Current site name Outlet Tunnel
Related records 10166937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.91395, 37.89307 (WGS84)
Elevation 2932
Relative position 2.4 MILES N14E FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Luis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001E 18 SE OF NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINOR CLAIM LIES ALONG E. WILLOW CR. ON NE SIDE OF CAMPBELL MTN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Outlet Tunnel Member Of La Garita Quartz Latite
    Rock description Willow Cr. Mbr Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Outlet Tunnel Mbr Of La Garita Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Outlet Tunnel Member Of La Garita Quartz Latite
    Rock description Willow Cr Mbr Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Outlet Tunnel Mbr Of La Garita Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.91395, 37.89307
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Type of structure Local
Structure description Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zone; Creede Graben

Ore body information

  • Strike DUE NORTH
    Dip 55 TO 70 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS MOSTLY CONFINED TO WILLOW CR. MBR. BUT SOME STRINGERS EXTEND INTO OUTLET TUNNEL MBR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Outlet Mining Co.
    First year 1961

Comments on the workings information

  • MAPPED EXTENT OF ACCESSIBLE WORKINGS INCLUDE TUNNEL DRIVEN 630 FT AT N57W, THENCE 500 FT AT S77W TO VEIN DRIFTING IN N-S DIRECTION ALONG VEIN FOR 1800 FT

Comments on development

  • TUNNEL CONSIDERED TO BE LEVEL IN PHOENIX MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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