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Yukon Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013149
MRDS ID D009290
Record type Site
Current site name Yukon Mine
Alternate or previous names Yukon
Related records 10191195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.7509, 38.39556 (WGS84)
Elevation 2576
Relative position 14 MILES S 43 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 28 SE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF COCHETOPA CREEK ABOVE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CAMP KETTLE GULCH; ADJOINS ALASKA CLAIM AND LIES 650 FT SW OF ALASKA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • FORMER CRIB ENTRY AND MILS ENTRY CITE AU AND PB BUT THESE OCCURRENCES WERE NOT VERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.7509, 38.39556
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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

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Faults And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer W.A. Mcdougal
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cochetopa Mining Co.
    Home office Gunnison, Co.
    First year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marie L. Schaf
    Home office Roscoe, Ca.
    First year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • USGS MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE US VOLUMES REPORT YUKON WORKINGS PRODUCING CU IN 1914; ALASKA PRODUCED ZN IN 1912 AND 1913, AG AND CU IN 1917. CDM INSP. REPT. SAYS WORKINGS WERE IDLE SINCE 1923. UNSPECIFIED AMT. OF PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT-DEEP SHAFT WITH 75-FT DRIFT

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 7175

  • Deposit

    COLO. DIV. MINES INSPECTOR'S REPT. 7/11/47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METAMORPHIC BEDS TREND APPROX. N 29 E, 85 SE. REPORTED INTERSECTION OF VEIN BY BOTH YUKON AND ALASKA WORKINGS SUGGESTS VEIN STRIKES PARALLEL TO LOCAL BEDDING

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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