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Gladiator Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Manganese
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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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014677
MRDS ID D011557
Record type Site
Current site name Gladiator Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Eureka, MS 138, Gladiator, MS 628, General Sherman, MS 1008, Unpatented Claims: Little Ben, Ore House, Montana, Montana Nos. 1-9

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.29507, 37.98834 (WGS84)
Elevation 2761
Relative position 3.1 MILES S 18 E FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake San Cristobal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 004W 15 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LIES WEST OF LAKE FORK AT ARGENTA FALLS AND ABOUT 800 FT NW OF CONTENTION MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PORTAL OF LOWER (MAIN) TUNNEL IN W2 NW SE NW SEC. 15. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
    Rock description Biotite-Quartz Latite Of Burns Member Of Silverton Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
    Rock description Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.29507, 37.98834
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Radial Fault/Fracture Related To Lake City Caldera Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lake (Lake City) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kassell U. Interprise
    Home office Dallas, Tx.
    First year 1955

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1916. MINERAL YEARBOOKS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S. VOLUMES CITE PRODUCTION IN 1919, 1921, AND 1937. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED AFTER 1938.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY THREE TUNNELS (KIRK AND OTHERS, 1983). LOWER TUNNEL (ELEV 9060) DRIVEN S 70 W FOR 75 FT, THENCE GENERALLY S 40 W FOR 360 FT, THENCE GENERALLY S 80 W FOR 170 FT, THENCE GENERALLY S 30 W FOR AT LEAST 250 FT (LIMIT OF MAPPING). AT 345 FT FROM PORTAL, BRANCH DRIVEN N 77 W FOR 30 FT ON CLAY-FILLED SHEAR ZONE. AT 500 FT FROM PORTAL, CROSSCUT DRIVEN S 20 E FOR AT LEAST 115 FT (LIMIT OF MAPPING) WITH DRIFT DRIVEN S 70 W AND N 70 E FOR AT LEAST 65 FT; SECOND DRIFT DRIVEN GENERALLY S 60 W OFF THIS DRIFT FOR AT LEAST 80 FT ALONG ANOTHER VEIN. AT 800 FT FROM PORTAL, DRIFT DRIVEN S 75 W FOR AT LEAST 90 FT ALONG ANOTHER VEIN. PORTAL OF SECOND LEVEL, LOCATED 100 FT ABOVE AND 220 FT SW OF LOWER PORTAL, DRIVEN N 80 W FOR 15 FT, THENCE GENERALLY S 45 W FOR 160 FT, THENCE S 78 W FOR 65 FT, THENCE GENERALLY N 35 W FOR 88 FT TO FACE. PORTAL OF FIRST (UPPER) LEVEL, LOCATED 190 FT ABOVE AND 330 FT SW OF LOWER PORTAL, DRIVEN S 40 W FOR 20 FT, THENCE S 6 E FOR 15 FT, THENCE S 43 W FOR 60 FT
  • TO FACE. AT 75 FT FROM PORTAL WINZE OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND CROSSCUT DRIVEN N 60 W FOR 15 FT AND S 60 E FOR 35 FT. CDM REPORT CITES 15-TPD-CAPACITY PILOT MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LOCATED JUST BEYOND NE RIM OF LAKE CITY CALDERA IN MOAT-FILL SEQUENCE OF UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA. VEIN FILLS RADIAL FAULT AND FRACTURES WITHIN SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, INNER QUARTZ-SPHALERITE ZONE. PRINCIPAL VEIN TRENDS GENERALLY N 47 E, CHANGING TO N 35 E IN MAIN TUNNEL, DIPPING 75 SE TO 75 NW. TWO OTHER VEINS DEVELOPED BY CROSSCUT FROM MAIN TUNNEL TREND N 70 AND N 60 E, DIPPING 50 TO 88 NW. TUNNEL ALSO CUTS MANY THIN MINERALIZED JOINTS ALONG SIMILAR TRENDS. NO AVAILABLE DESCRIPTIONS OF ORE OCCURRENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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