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Bushwhacker Mine

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013240
MRDS ID D009428
Record type Site
Current site name Bushwhacker Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Bushwhacker, Alpine
Related records 10143402

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.8009, 39.19777 (WGS84)
Elevation 2758
Relative position 1.2 MILES N 56 E FROM ASPEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aspen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010S 084W 08 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN AREA 0.5 MILE NE OF SMUGGLER MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS PARTLY BASED ON OCCURRENCES IN DELLA S. MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Porphyry
    Rock description Aplite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Member);Belden Formation
    Rock description Leadville Limestone (Redcliff Mbr);Belden Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sawatch Quartzite
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault, Later Less-Steep Cross-Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aspen (Roaring Fork) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 381M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT WITH AT LEAST SEVEN AND POSSIBLY UP TO 12 LEVELS. COWENHOVEN TUNNEL INTERSECTS WORKINGS AT DEPTH OF APPROX. 1140 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 193-194

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6642

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT FAULT IS CUT OUT BY SILVER FAULT SO THAT LATTER DISPLACES BELDEN SHALE AGAINST REDCLIFF (DOLOMITE) MBR OF LEADVILLE LIMESTONE. OFFSETTING THE SILVER FAULT AT THE LATER SMUGGLER (UPPER) AND DELLA (LOWER) CROSS-FAULTS, STRIKING APPROX. EAST-WEST AND DIPPING 30 SOUTH. STILL LATER CLARK FAULT TRENDS NE-SW, DIPS STEEPLY NW, AND DOWNDROPS THE SMUGGLER AND DELLA FAULTS TO WEST. MAIN ORE BODIES FOUND 1) ALONG SILVER FAULT AT AND ABOVE ITS INTERSECTION WITH SMUGGLER FAULT AND NEAR THEIR INTERSECTION WITH CLARK FAULT IN CLARK FOOTWALL, AND 2) IN CLARK FAULT HANGING WALL ALONG SILVER FAULT AT AND BELOW INTERSECTIONS WITH SMUGGLER AND DELLA FAULTS AND WITH DEEPER EAST-WEST-TRENDING CROSS-FAULTS. SOME ORE ALSO NOTED IN SHORTER CHANNELS WITH NW TREND AT NEAR RIGHT ANGLES TO MAJOR SHOOTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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