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Kentucky Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014172
MRDS ID D010830
Record type Site
Current site name Kentucky Mine
Alternate or previous names Jack Pot Mine, Old Kentucky Mine, Patented Claims: Doctor, MS 16665, Jack Pot, MS 16665, Fair View, MS 16665, Unpatented Claims: Old Kentucky Nos. 1-4
Related records 10288237

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.13954, 37.39362 (WGS84)
Elevation 3024
Relative position 16.25 MILES N 62 W FROM DURANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rampart Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mancos(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 Montezuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 036N 012W 11,12 S2 OF NE (11); NW (12) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). NE OF SCHUBERT FLAT IN UPPER GOLD RUN CREEK DRAINAGE, 4.15 MILES WSW OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

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) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.13954, 37.39362
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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

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of last production 1910

Mining district

District name California (La Plata) District

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George W. Gilmore
    Home office Hesperus, Co.
    First year 1933
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. T. Franks
    Home office Owensboro, Ky.
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION KNOWN FOR YEARS OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED ABOVE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY N 73 W FOR 500 FT TO FACE; WINZE AT 150 FT FROM PORTAL; RAISES AT 150, 190, AND 280 FT FROM PORTAL; SMALL OVERHAND STOPE ABOUT MIDWAY IN DRIFT.

Comments on development

  • VEIN DISCOVERED ABOUT 1900, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO ABOUT 1910.

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, 133.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 16665

  • Production

    ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 133 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS RECORDS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCKS CONSIST OF WEST- TO WSW-DIPPING MORRISON FM SANDSTONE AND SHALE CUT BY VEIN FOLLOWING A FAULT THAT TRENDS ABOUT N 75 E, 50 TO 74 NW. FAULT ZONE MARKED BY 0.5 TO 10 FT OF GOUGE CONTAINING 1- TO 14-INCH VEIN OF PARTLY SILICIFIED WALLROCK ALONG FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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