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Daisy-Hibernia Mine

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014158
MRDS ID D010814
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy-Hibernia Mine
Alternate or previous names Daisy Mine, Patented Claims: Daisy, MS 15567, Joe Graff, MS 15621, Hibernia, MS 15621, Bluff, MS 15621, Lida May, MS 15621
Related records 10264040, 10264250

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.01647, 37.40473 (WGS84)
Elevation 3292
Relative position 11.4 MILES N 42 W FROM DURANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 036N 011W 01 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). IN HEADWATERS OF LIGHTNER CREEK SOUTH OF EAGLE PASS AND EAST OF PUZZLE PASS, 2.65 MILES ENE OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Polybasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Pb Sulfide

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cutler Formation
    Rock description Cutler Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.01647, 37.40473
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Plata Dome

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer William B. Orr (Claimant)
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name California (La Plata) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name San Juan N. F.

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND SHAFTS. DAISY MINE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND TWO ADITS DRIVEN DUE EAST AND DUE WEST FOR 100 TO 150 FT; MUCH UNDERHAND AND LITTLE OVERHEAD STOPING IN WEST ADIT; OVERHEAD STOPING IN EAST ADIT.

Comments on development

  • VEINS DISCOVERED IN 1880S AND INTERMITTENT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CONDUCTED DURING FOLLOWING 20 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 69-70, 108-109.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 15567, 15621

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS AND DIKES. NEAR DAISY MINE, BEDS TREND N 80 W, 19 SW, AND ARE CUT BY 20-FT PORPHYRY DIKE TRENDING N 60 TO 70 E. VEIN ZONE INCLUDES VEINS OF INTRUSIVE BRECCIA AND ORE-BEARING QUARTZ IN 4- TO 5-FT SHEAR ZONE, WHICH CONSISTS OF FRACTURED, SHEARED, PARTLY SILICIFIED COUNTRY ROCK. BRECCIA ZONE CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF SHALE, SANDSTONE, PORPHYRY WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE IN FINE-GRAINED MATRIX FORCED INTO OPENINGS IN FRACTURE ZONE. ORE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN CUTS BRECCIA IN CENTER OF FRACTURE ZONE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880S

Reporter information

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

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