Kreutzer Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012322
MRDS ID D007881
Record type Site
Current site name Kreutzer Mine
Alternate or previous names Kreutzer Sonata Mine
Related records 10215075, 10215439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9734, 37.85862 (WGS84)
Elevation 2789
Relative position 2.55 MILES N82W 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

Creede(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 001W 27 CENTER OF S2 OF N2 OF SW 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), MINE OR CLAIM LIES ALONG MINERS OR ON WEST SIDE OF MACKENZIE MTN 1.3 MILE NW OF SUNNYSIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result PICKED ORE RAN OVER 1000 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.9734, 37.85862

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 Alpha-Corsair Fault; Creede Graben

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 60 TO 80 SE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Miami Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1926
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. J. Le Fevre
    First year 1912

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS DRIVEN OVER 205 FT VERTICAL INTERVAL FOR DISTANCES OF 400 FT (LOWEST), 480 FT, AND 200 FT (HIGHEST).

Comments on development

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROX. $10,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON BRANCH FAULT AT APPROX. RIGHT ANGLE TO AND IN HANGING WALL OF ALPHA-CORSAIR FAULT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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