Unnamed Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10013741
MRDS ID D010201
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.27614, 39.38971 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.85 MILES S 62 E FROM PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 070W 31 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN SADDLE THRU DIVIDE AT CONFLUENCE OF BUFFALO CREEK AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR WEST EDGE OF TOWN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1040
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1040
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1040
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite (Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite);Pikes Peak Granite (Granite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.27614, 39.38971

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pine Gulch Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.36M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Buffalo Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS 80 AND 35 FT LONG PROBABLY DRIVEN GENERALLY SW

Comments on development

  • TUNNELS ORIGINALLY DRIVEN IN 1897 AND 1898 AS RESULT OF FINDING GALENA MIXED WITH FLUORSPAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 60-61

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-598

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRENDS S 35 E AND DIPS 80 NE AND IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURING IN AND NEAR PINE GULCH FAULT, WHICH HERE TRENDS N 53 TO 60 W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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