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Hathaway Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013135
MRDS ID D009249
Record type Site
Current site name Hathaway Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Sterling, Standard
Related records 10143369

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.76951, 38.40444 (WGS84)
Elevation 2551
Relative position 12.8 MILES S 40 E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 002E 20 E2 OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT WEST OF COCHETOPA CREEK DIRECTLY ACROSS VALLEY FROM CONFLUENCE OF CAMP KETTLE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks;Metabasalt
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks;Metabasalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.76951, 38.40444
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Dome; Razor Creek Dome; Los Ochos Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer Thomas Riley And Others

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1286

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 11174

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LIES ON FAULT STRIKING N 70 TO 80 E, DOWNDROPPED ON NW. SCHIST BEDS TREND PARALLEL TO FAULT, DIP 80 SE SOUTH OF FAULT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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