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Lellie 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014722
MRDS ID D011615
Record type Site
Current site name Lellie Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Rover Mine, Patented Claims: Baltimore, MS 12676, Lellie, MS 12677, Meat Auger, MS 13872, Gimlet, MS 13872, Whitney Mill Site, MS 16992, Ceres, MS 18010, Mars, MS 18011, Jupiter, MS 18011, Neptune, MS 18011, Louise, MS 18011, Syndicate, MS 18011, Finis, MS 18011, Venus, MS 18011, Saturn, MS 18011, Running, MS 20240a, Running Mill Site, MS 21240b
Related records 10264135

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.43174, 38.01889 (WGS84)
Elevation 3130
Relative position 6.2 MILES S 82 W 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

Uncompahgre Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N 005W 33,34 E2 (33); W2 (34) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED NORTH OF HENSON CREEK ALONG UNNAMED GULCH DIRECTLY ACROSS VALLEY FROM BIG CASINO GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MAIN SHAFT NEAR UPPER TUNNEL LEVEL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Rock description Picayune Megabreccia Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.43174, 38.01889
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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, Eureka Graben

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault/Fracture Transverse To Lake City Caldera Ring Fault But Subparallel To Trend Of Pre-Lake City Caldera Eureka Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer James Watson And Others (Claimants)
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Galena (Henson Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dickinson, William
    Home office Chicago, Il.
    First year 1925

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.15 Oz/Ton Au, 35% Pb, 4% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1271g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 35wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 4g/mt
  • Year 1924
    Description Ap_Grade: ^28 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.25 Oz/Ton Au, 36% Pb, 4% Cu, 6.2% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 4wt-pct
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 36wt-pct
    Major Conc. Gold Gold 7g/mt
    Major Conc. Silver Silver 791g/mt
  • Year 1925
    Description Ap_Grade: ^80 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.1 Oz/Ton Au, 45% Pb, 5% Cu, 4% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 5wt-pct
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 45wt-pct
    Major Conc. Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Conc. Silver Silver 2259g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. MINE REPORTEDLY PRODUCED IN 1906 AND 1907, BUT FIGURES FOR THESE YEARS AND OTHER PRIOR YEARS ARE UNAVAILABLE. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1920-1923.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 1500-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN (PRESUMABLY) NW, WITH 500-FT RAISE TO SURFACE. SIX LEVELS DEVELOPED TO NE ON VEIN OFF RAISE AND MAIN 75-DEG INCLINED SHAFT. LEVEL 1 (LOWER), 1000-FT DRIFT; LEVEL 2, 1000-FT DRIFT; LEVEL 3, 200-FT DRIFT; LEVEL 4, 400-FT DRIFT; LEVEL 5, 1000-FT DRIFT; LEVEL 6, EXTENT UNKNOWN. LEVEL 6 IS 300 FT BELOW SURFACE, AND LEVEL 5 IS 400 FT BELOW SURFACE. LEVELS 1-4 DRIVEN OVER 480-FT VERTICAL INTERVAL BELOW LEVEL 5. IRVING AND BANCROFT (1911) MENTION UPPER, SHORTER CROSSCUT DRIVEN N 43 W FOR 200 FT. DISCOVERY SHAFTS LOCATED 450 AND 1100 FT NE OF MAIN SHAFT. BALTIMORE SHAFT LOCATED 1900 FT NE OF MAIN SHAFT. MINE WAS CONNECTED VIA WIRE-ROPE TRAMWAY TO WHITNEY (RED ROVER) MILL ON HENSON CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES JUST OUTSIDE NORTH RIM OF LAKE CITY CALDERA IN UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA INFILL ROCKS CONSISTING OF EUREKA MEMBER RHYOLITE AND PICAYUNE MEGABRECCIA, COMPOSED OF CHAOTIC MASSES OF PRECALDERA INTERMEDIATE-COMPOSITION ROCKS INTERPRETED TO BE RESULT OF SLUMPING FROM OVERSTEEPENED CALDERA WALLS DURING INITIAL SUBSIDENCE OF UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA. DEPOSIT IS TRANSVERSE VEIN IN SLACK'S (1980) QUARTZ/BASE-METAL ASSEMBLAGE, MIDDLE HYBRID ZONE. IN UPPER WORKINGS, VEIN DIPS 60 NW AND HAS FAIRLY WELL DEFINED WALLS WITH LITTLE OR NO CLAY SELVAGE. IN LOWER WORKINGS, VEIN DIPS CLOSER TO STRATIFICATION IN BRECCIA (ABOUT 45 NW) AND SPLITS INTO MANY PARALLEL AND INTERSECTING STRINGERS SEPARATED BY IRREGULAR SHEETS OF COUNTRY ROCK. WHERE VEINS RUN ALONG BRECCIA LAYERS, DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE MORE OF REPLACEMENT TYPE. ORE SHOOTS PITCHED 30 NE ALONG STRIKE OF VEIN AND ARE SEPARATED BY GANGUE AND LESS ABUNDANT ORE.

Reporter information

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

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