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Snowmass Creek Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013420
MRDS ID D009702
Record type Site
Current site name Snowmass Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.97757, 39.2211 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 8.7 MILES N 75 W FROM ASPEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009S 086W 34 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • AT NE BASE OF EAGLE MTN WEST OF SNOWMASS CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO DISCREET SILVER MINERALS WERE OBSERVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result (SEE LAST PAGE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Hornblende Granodiorite;Porphyritic Granodiorite
    Rock description Hornblende Granodiorite;Porphyritic Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.97757, 39.2211
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, Elk Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Snowmass Creek Fault Zone, Roaring Fork Syncline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 61 W (BEDS)
    Dip 45 NE (BEDS)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone; Carbonaceous Debris In Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Snowmass Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT DRIVEN GENERALLY SW

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit (SEE LAST PAGE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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