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Paragon Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013083
MRDS ID D009179
Record type Site
Current site name Paragon Mine
Related records 10281400

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.12282, 38.32251 (WGS84)
Elevation 3315
Relative position 16 MILES N04E FROM SAGUACHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whale Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N 008E 18 NW OF SE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ALONG RAWLEY GULCH EAST OF RAWLEY MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AG PROBABLY CONTAINED IN TENNANTITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Early Barren Stage Of Alteration By Fumarolic Or Acid-Hot Spring Activity Resulted In Intense Silicification, Wallrock Replacement By Jasper And Alteration Products Hematite, Diaspore, Alunite, Barite, Zunyite, Rutile, And Kaolin Minerals. Later Mineralizing Stage By Alkaline Or Neutral Solutions Deposited Ore And Gangue And Caused Micaceous Alteration (Sericite And Chlorite) And Calcite, Quartz, And Pyrite.

Analytical data

Result 375 TONS CRUDE ORE AVERAGED 7.2% PB, 2.3% CU, 12.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.08 OZ/TON AU. PART OF VEIN TRENDING N80W ASSAYED 1% PB, 1% CU, 6.8 OZ/TON AG, 0.016 OZ/TON AU. SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILICEOUS SILVER ORE RAN 3% PB, 1% CU, 18 OZ/TON AG, 0.20 OZ/TON AU, 8 TO 18% FE. VEIN ASSAYS FROM NO. 2 TUNNEL SHOWED 1 TO 6% PB (AVG. 2%), 1 TO 8% CU (AVG. 3%), 13 OZ/TON AG, 0.05 OZ/TON AU, ZN CONTENT UNKNOWN BUT IS PROBABLY 1.5 TIMES THAT OF PB

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) -106.12282, 38.32251
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bonanza Caldera

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Bonanza (Kerber Creek)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 282g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1921
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 395g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
  • Year 1939
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 37wt-pct
    Conc. Iron Iron 20wt-pct
    Major Conc. Silver Silver 285g/mt
    Minor Conc. Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1939
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 141g/mt
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED AFTER 1939. NO COLO. DIV. MINES RECORDS FOR PREVIOUS INTERVENING YEARS. PRODUCTION FOR THREE YEARS GIVEN INCLUDES PARAGON, MICHIGAN, PAYSON AND OTHER SMALL PROPERTIES. 1920 FIGURES INCLUDE ANTORO PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 5.059HA
    Length 961.03M
    Overall length 350.52M
    Overall width 144.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY THREE TUNNELS, DRIFTS ON NE- AND E-W-TRENDING VEINS, AND SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND WINZES. PARAGON NO. 1 TUNNEL DRIVEN DUE NORTH FOR 140 FT TO VEIN, THENCE N83E FOR 375 FT, THENCE N53E AS RAWLEY PARAGON NO. 3 LEVEL FOR 350 FT TO INTERSECTION OF PARAGON AND MICHIGAN VEINS, THENCE S65E FOR 180 FT AS CROSSCUT TO ANOTHER NE VEIN ALONG WHICH 290 FT OF DRIFT DEVELOPED. TWO OTHER SE-TRENDING CROSSCUTS TOTALLING 550 FT DEVELOPED OFF OF RAWLEY PARAGON NO. 3. PARAGON NO. 2 TUNNEL, LOCATED 62 FT ABOVE AND 250 FT N67E OF NO. 1, DRIVEN N30W FOR 85 FT TO NE-TRENDING VEIN, THENCE ALONG IT AT N46E FOR 153 FT TO E-W VEIN, THENCE 585 FT GENERALLY EASTWARD. AT 350 FT ALONG VEIN, DRIFT DEVELOPED NORTHEASTWARD ALONG MICHIGAN VEIN. PARAGON NO. 3 TUNNEL, LOCATED 415 FT N65E FROM NO. 2, DRIVEN GENERALLY NORTHWARD FOR 85 FT, WITH SHORT DRIFT DEVELOPED ALONG E-W VEIN. MISCELLANEOUS DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS TOTAL 360 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 9, 136 P.

  • Deposit

    BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.

  • Production

    COLO. DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARAGON FAULT ZONE CONSISTS OF THREE NEARLY PARALLEL FAULTS STRIKING N 50 TO 70E, DIPPING 50 TO 55 SE AND SEPARATED BY 30 TO 50 FT OF BROKEN, SILICIFIED, AND BLEACHED ANDESITE. TWO OF THE FAULTS ARE CUT AND DISPLACED BY A NEARLY EAST-WEST-STRIKING, IRREGULARLY MINERALIZED FAULT DIPPING 55 TO 70 SOUTH. ASSAYED VEINS AVERAGED 30 INCHES THICK, BUT ONE VEIN IN THE N60E FISSURE REACHED 8 FT IN WIDTH. OVERALL MINERALIZATION IS SCATTERED.

Reporter information

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

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