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Preston Gold Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012432
MRDS ID D008059
Record type Site
Current site name Preston Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Bismuth, Chloride, Mother, Major, Dr. Emma, Judge

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.4514, 38.1514 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position NEAR BEN WEST HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcliffe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022S 072W 08 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATIONS FIGURED FROM CENTER OF SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strongly Argillized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Older gravels and alluviums
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Concentric Faults And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form Breccia Pipe
    Strike NORTH-SOUTH
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 72.24M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Concentric Faults And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Silver Cliff District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 301.75M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS, CROSS CUTS, RAISES

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED AVERAGE 100 TONS/MONTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1981, INSPECTION RECORDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Collins, Donna L. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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