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West Leviathan Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087604
MRDS ID D008074
Record type Site
Current site name West Leviathan Mine
Alternate or previous names West Leviathan-Stephen-Leavenworth vein

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.34057, 38.10557 (WGS84)
Elevation 2810
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 0.65 MILE N14W FROM ROSITA, CO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022S 071W 29 SE OF SE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN POVERTY GULCH, 1/2 MILE NNW OF ROSITA, IN THE NE/4 SEC.29, T 22 S, R 71 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weakly Argillized

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
    Rock description Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.34057, 38.10557
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rosita Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip S18-30W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Humboldt-Pocahontas Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874

Mining district

District name Rosita Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A 1981 report suggested that silver deposits may occur along this NW extension of the Humboldt-Pocahontas vein. (Sunshine files)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTEDLY CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 05-APR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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