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Kankakee Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tellurium, Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014095
MRDS ID D010721
Record type Site
Current site name Kankakee Mine
Alternate or previous names Crusader Gold Mine, Patented Claim: Kankakee, MS 14205, Unpatented Claims: Kankakee, Extension, Tunnel Site, Bullion, Chance, Oro, Aurum, Gold Coin, Pure Gold, Iron Mask, Iron King, Lake View, Golden Age

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.5173, 37.70779 (WGS84)
Elevation 3719
Relative position 10.6 MILES S 50 E FROM SILVERTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Storm King Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 040N 006W 27 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON HILLSIDE ABOVE UNNAMED HEADWATER TRIBUTARY OF BEAR CREEK 0.27 MILE NE OF HUNCHBACK PASS AND 1.3 MILES SW OF BEARTOWN SITE (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNSPECIFIED TELLURIDES REPORTED. CU-PB-ZN SULFIDES AND OXIDIZED ORES LISTED ARE REPORTED GENERALLY FOR DISTRICT BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED AT THIS MINE. MINOR PRODUCTION OF CU AND PB LIKEWISE NOT VERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Calaverite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Petzite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result STEVEN AND OTHERS' (1969) SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE FROM PYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN SHOWED 2000 PPM TI, 50 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, LT 200 PPM AS, 100 PPM BA, LT 10 PPM BI, LT 20 PPM CD, 70 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, LT 100 PPM SB, LT 10 PPM SN, 700 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, LT 50 PPM W, LT 200 PPM ZN, , 3 PPM FE. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.04 PPM AU, 80 PPM CU, LT 25 PPM PB, LT 25 PPM ZN, 30 PPM MO, 30 PPM AS, 30 PPM SB, 0.16 PPM HG, 0.6 PPM TE, 2.6 PPM AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name San Juan Formation;Early Intermediate Lavas And Breccias--Near-Source Facies
    Rock description San Juan Formation;Early Intermediate Lavas And Breccias--Near-Source Facies
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Uncompahgre Formation
    Rock description Uncompahgre Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.5173, 37.70779
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan Uplift, Unnamed Fault, Unnamed Anticline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North-Trending Fissures In Precambrian Quartzite And Slate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Beartown (Bear Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name San Juan N. F.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crusader Gold Mining Co.
    Home office Silverton, Co.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kankakee Mining Co.
    Home office Kansas City, Mo.
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1 To 27 Oz/Ton Au, 4 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 367g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 113g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. NO PRODUCTION 1936-39. PRODUCTION FOR PRIOR YEARS UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY THREE TUNNELS (LEVELS). LEVEL 1, CALLED "SYLVANITE LEVEL," IS 300-FT LONG AND DRIVEN GENERALLY SOUTH WITH SHORT CROSSCUTS. LEVEL 2 IS 600-FT DRIFT. LEVEL 3, CALLED "GOLD BUG LEVEL," IS 600-FT CROSSCUT DRIVEN EAST TO VEIN, WITH 300-FT NORTH DRIFT AND 300-FT SOUTH DRIFT; AT 35 AT 35 FT ON SOUTH DRIFT IS 250-FT RAISE TO OFFSET CONNECTION WITH 260-FT SHAFT FROM SURFACE. STOPES ON VEIN BETWEEN GOLD BUG LEVEL AND SURFACE AND ON 250-FT LEVEL WHERE RAISE AND SHAFT CONNECT. 15-TON PILOT MILL CONSTRUCTED BUT NEVER USED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F, P. 67-71, 89-90, 168-171.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.

  • Deposit

    CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 131.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY 14205

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS., ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.; MINE MANAGERS REPTS. 1900, P. 542; 1901, P. 316, 1902, P. 218.

  • Deposit

    PROSSER, W.C., 1911, THE BEAR CREEK SYLVANITE CAMP, COLORADO: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 91, P. 712.

  • Production

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INSP. REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE DEVELOPED ON NNE-TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN ON SW LIMB OF SE-PLUNGING ANTICLINE (AS IMPLIED BY CROSS AND OTHERS' MAP).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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