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Cleveland Group

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014742
MRDS ID D011653
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Group
Alternate or previous names Cleveland Tunnels, Patented Claim: Cleveland, MS 2124, Unpatented Claims: Gold Linda, Lock Lommond, Ida, Sydney No. 1, Ajax Nos. 1-2, Cleveland Nos. 1-11, City View, Combination, Jessie, Hilluron Millsite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.50119, 37.94529 (WGS84)
Elevation 3353
Relative position 11.7 MILES S 60 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

Handies Peak(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 006W 34,35 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CLEVELAND CLAIM ADJOINS VIEW OF THE PARK CLAIM (PARK VIEW MINE) TO SW, LYING ON NORTH SIDE OF EDITH MOUNTAIN AND POSSIBLY EXTENDING ACROSS CLEVELAND GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR TUNNEL OPENINGS IDENTIFIED FROM AIRPHOTOS AND FROM KRASOWSKI'S (1976) MAP, LOCATED NEAR EAST BASE OF EDITH MOUNTAIN ON CLEVELAND GULCH ABOUT 0.2 MILE NW OF WHITECROSS, IN S2 SW SEC. 35 (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result KRASOWSKI'S (1976) ASSAYS: QUARTZ VEIN SAMPLE CONTAINED 3.35 OZ/TON AG, 0.006 OZ/TON AU, 1.3% CU, 0.18% PB, 0.046% ZN, 44 PPM MO, 200 PPM AS
Result COMPOSITE CORE SAMPLES CONTAINED LT 0.001 OZ/TON AG, LT 0.001 OZ/TON AU, 0.0015 % CU, 0.0035 % PB. 0.007 % ZN, 2 PPM MO, 40 PPM AS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.50119, 37.94529
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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, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Faults Within Eureka Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1921

Mining district

District name Park (Whitecross, Burrows Park, Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Home Investment Co.
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1921
  • Type Owner
    Owner Home Investment Co.
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1920

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLE PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. PRODUCTION, IF ANY, PRIOR TO 1921 IS UNKNOWN. NO CDM REPORTS AFTER 1921.

Comments on the workings information

  • CDM REPORT DESCRIBES WORKINGS AS FOUR TUNNELS: NO. 1 (UPPER), 600 FT LONG; NO. 2 800 FT LONG; NO. 3, 170 FT LONG; NO. 4, 1000 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY. COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.

  • Deposit

    WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL, 315, P. 26-30.

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANDIES PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. OFR-75-431.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 2124

  • Deposit

    KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.SC. THESIS, PPP P.

  • Production

    COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE DEVELOPED ON TWO OR THREE FISSURES TRENDING GENERALLY N 35 TO55 E CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE JUST INSIDE MAJOR NE-TRENDING FAULT THAT DISPLACES GRANITE ON SE AGAINST SAPNINERO MESA TUFF AND MEGABRECCIA ON NW.

Reporter information

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

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