| Deposit ID | 10014683 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011567 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Risorgimento Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claim: Risorgimento, Ms 17676 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.35257, 38.01694 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2798 |
| Relative position | 2.4 MILES S 66 W FROM LAKE CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hinsdale(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Hinsdale |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 044N | 004W | 32 | SW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff | ||||||
| Rock description | Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -107.35257, 38.01694 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Lake (Lake City) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hughes Mining Co. |
| Home office | Grand Junction, Co. |
| First year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Watson |
| Home office | Casper, Wy. |
| First year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011567 |
IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478.
LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.
BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 17676 PROD
COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE LOCATED NORTH OF LAKE CITY CALDERA WALL IN UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA MOAT-FILL SEQUENCE. SAPINERO MESA TUFF FOLIATION TRENDS N 30 TO 65 E,5 TO 15 SE, VEIN LIES NEAR WEST MARGIN OF SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, INNER QUARTZ-SPHALERITE ZONE NEXT TO QUART/BASE METAL ASSEMBLAGE, INNER QUARTZ-CHALCOPYRITE ZONE. NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE OF VEIN AND ORE, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE EITHER RADIAL VEIN OR TRANSVERSE VEIN SIMILAR TO THAT AT PELICAN MINE TO NE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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