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Sodom Mine

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087884
MRDS ID D010598
Record type Site
Current site name Sodom Mine
Alternate or previous names Dixie Group, Unpatented Claims: Dixie Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, Shiny Lo De, Monzonite, Spring Load, Standard, Basic Load
Related records 10288398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.64171, 40.72942 (WGS84)
Elevation 2658
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 31.3 MILES N72W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinikinik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009N 074W 24 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF SEVENMILE CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPR OX CENTER SEC. 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Gneisses
    Rock description Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Laramide Intrusive Rocks--Quartz Monzonite Gneisses

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.64171, 40.72942
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poudre River Shear Zone, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Infinite Peace Mining Co.
    Home office Fort Collins, Co.
    First year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edwon G. Yedlik
    Home office Fort Collins, Co.
    First year 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL WITH 500 FT OF DRIFT AND CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1932-38. ORIGINALLY OPERATED BY DIXIE GOLD MINING CO, WHICH ALSO BUILT 25-TPD MILL. 9-YD TRIAL SHIPMEN T OF ORE IN 1971.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS O F THE FRONT RANGE, COLOREDO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 285-286

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AIRPHOTOS INDICATE PROBABLE QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE TRENDING N45 TO 60W ACROSS SCHISTS AND GNEISSES APPROX TO CENTER OF SECTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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