Mollie S. Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012351
MRDS ID D007935
Record type Site
Current site name Mollie S. Mine
Related records 10191028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9134, 37.87334 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Relative position 1.6 MILES N 30 E 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 001E 19 NW OF NW OF SE 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 ON WEST SIDE OF MAMMOTH MTN ABOVE E. WILLOW CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Chrysocolla Gangue
Chrysoprase 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
    Rock description Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    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
    Rock description Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.9134, 37.87334

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 Small Area Of Complex Fracturing, Possibly A South Eastward Extension Of Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zone But More Likely Related To Similar Set Of Fractures That Diagonally Terminates South End Of Solomon-Holy Moses Zone

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 First National Mining Co.
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR TUNNELS OVER 500-FT VERTICAL INTERVAL

Comments on development

  • REPORTED PRODUCTION BY END OF 1956 WAS $50,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES CONTAINED IN SHATTERED ZONE BUT DEFINITE FAULTING WAS NOT DETECTABLE. VEIN AVERAGES 10 FT WIDE IN LEVEL 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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