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Continental Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. 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 10087757
MRDS ID D009359
Record type Site
Current site name Continental Mine
Alternate or previous names Continental, Iron Clad, Minnehaha, King, Oro, Summit
Related records 10118694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.93284, 38.3525 (WGS84)
Elevation 2816
Relative position 13.1 MILES S 03 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring Hill Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N 001W 11 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILLSIDE 0.35 MILE WEST OF SOUTH BEAVER CREEK AND 0.7 MILE NW OF MIDLAND MINE. CLAIM GROUP EXTENDS INTO SECS. 2 AND 12 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MILS CITES PB AND ZINC OCCURRING BUT THESE ARE UNVERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1932 ORE SHIPMENT ASSAYED 1.28 OZ/TON AU, 0.05 OZ/TON AG, 1.2% FE, 0.4%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Dubois Greenstone (Metabasalt, Meta-Andesite);Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Dubois Greenstone (Metabasalt, Meta-Andesite);Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.93284, 38.3525
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gunnison Gold Belt

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Richard Tullar And Others
Year of last production 1932

Mining district

District name Domingo (Vulcan) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Owen O'Fallon, C.E. Lyman, And B.M. Lyman
    Home office Gunnison, Co.
    First year 1932
  • Type Owner
    Owner Patrick O'Fallon
    Home office Gunnison, Co.
    First year 1932

Comments on the production information

  • COLO. DIV. MINES RECORDS 46-TON ORE SHIPMENT IN 1932 ASSAYING 1.28 OZ/TON AU, 0.05 OZ/TON AG

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROX. 400 FT SOUTH OF 85-FT-DEEP SHAFT ARE OLDER CROSS-CUT AND DRIFT TUNNELS EXTENDING ABOUT 150 FT TO NE. 100 FT NORTH OF SHAFT ARE 40-FT-LONG OPEN CUT AND 45-FT DRIFT ON VEIN THAT HAS PRODUCED ORE. OTHER OPEN CUTS AND SHORT TUNNELS TOTAL ABOUT 250 FT IN EXTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., STEVEN, T.A., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPRING HILL CREEK QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-713

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 12592 AND 13410

  • Deposit

    COLO. DIV. MINES INSPECTORS REPT. 10/21/32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY IS A FISSURE VEIN. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS NO FAULTS IN MINE AREA BUT A TUNNEL ENTRY DRIVEN NW ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN METABASALT UNIT AND LARGE GRANITIC DIKE ABOUT 400 TO 750 FT WIDE ON OUTCROP AND TRENDING N 50 W. GRANITE FOLIATION TRENDS N 37 W, 70 SW. METABASALT FOLIATION IN AREA TRENDS GENERALLY N 40 TO 60 W, 60 TO 80 SW. MINERALIZATION COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH BRECCIATION OR SLIPPAGE ALONG WALLS OF INTRUSION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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