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Silver Creek Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012932
MRDS ID D008955
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Creek 1-3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.1831, 38.36279 (WGS84)
Elevation 2963
Relative position 19 MILES N 8 W OF SAGUACHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bonanza(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N;048N 007E;007E 03;34 NE OF NW (03); SE OF SW (34) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG SILVER CREEK 7 MILES SW OF SHIRLEY JUNCTION AND JUST WEST OF KISMUTH MINE. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS EASTERN (LOWEST) TUNNEL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Rawley Andesite
    Rock description Rawley Andesite
    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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Rawley Andesite
    Rock description Rawley Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.1831, 38.36279
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bonanza Volcanic Center, High-Angle Reverse Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANICS COVER ONLY PART OF HILL ABOVE MINES. MINERALIZATION MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERLYING PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Discoverer Eureka Mining And Production Co.

Mining district

District name Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. H. Gause
    Home office Salida, Co.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Head
    Home office Salida, Co.
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • EIGHT TUNNELS AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS. THREE PRINCIPAL TUNNELS DRIVEN NNW AND ARE 350, 150, AND 250 FT IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MF-761

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATORS REPTS.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY 19438

Reporter information

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

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