| Deposit ID | 10014746 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011658 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Napoleon Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claim: Napoleon, Ms 782 |
| Related records | 10190857 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.4773, 37.94307 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3237 |
| Relative position | 10.8 MILES S 58 W FROM LAKE CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hinsdale(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Redcloud 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Hinsdale |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 043N | 006W | 35,36 | SE OF NE OF NE (35); SW OF NW OF NW (36) | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff |
| Rock description | Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff |
| Rock description | Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff |
| (1) | -107.4773, 37.94307 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Park (Whitecross, Burrows Park, Adams) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011658 |
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.
LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.
BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 782
KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.SC. THESIS, 111 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WOOLSEY (1907) DESCRIBED VEIN TRENDING EAST-WEST AND CUTTING FLOWS AND TUFFS. KRASOWSKI'S (1976) MAP SHOWS TWO SMALL FAULTS CUTTING SUNSHINE PEAK TUFF AND TRENDING N 40 AND 55 E. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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