Overholt Lode

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101727
MRDS ID D007959
Record type Site
Current site name Overholt Lode
Related records 10118581

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.93618, 37.87251 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.4 MILES N20W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Creede(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001W 24 CENTER OF N2 OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES 2047 FT FROM PORTAL OF NELSON TUNNEL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Copper Carbonates

Analytical data

Result 39 TO 40 OZ/TON AG, $0.60/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Type of structure Local
Structure description Creede Graben; Amethyst Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-45W
    Dip 70 TO 85 SW
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 274.32M
    Depth to bottom 365.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Subparallel To And In Hanging Wall Of Amethyst Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 300-FT LONG RAISE WITH SHORT STOPES AND DRIFTS. SAME VEIN IS APPARENTLY WORKED AT SW END OF OVERHOLT CROSSCUT OFF MCCLURE DRIFT AND CROSSCUT ON COMMODORE 5 LEVEL

Comments on development

  • LODE DISCOVERED DURING DRIVING OF NELSON TUNNEL AT DISTANCE OF 2047 FT FROM PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATTITUDE IS FOR FRACTURED, SHEETED ZONE THAT, ON TUNNEL LEVEL, CONTAINS THREE VEINS AT N15E, 35-70 SE
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1890S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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