| Deposit ID | 10101840 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010219 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080590026 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Augusta Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Augusta Lode Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.3178, 39.61749 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2237 |
| Relative position | 1.0 MILE S 13 E FROM EVERGREEN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Conifer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)
South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Jefferson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 005S | 071W | 15 | SE OF NE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Willemite | Gangue |
| Result | 1963 ASSAY REPORTED 5% CU, 74% FLUORSPAR, 1.5 OZ/TON AG, 0.47 OZ/TON AU, 2% CO |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Idaho Springs Formation---Migmatite |
| Rock description | Idaho Springs Formation---Migmatite |
| (1) | -105.3178, 39.61749 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone, Floyd Hill-Bergen Park Fracture Zone, Yankee Creek Pluton |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1966 |
| District name | Evergreen District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alpha Mining And Milling |
| Home office | Lakewood , Co. |
| First year | 1968 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carmon De Diesse (Estate) |
| Home office | Evergreen, Co. |
| First year | 1968 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010219 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080590026 |
BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CONIFER QUADRANGLE, JEFEERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-597
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLO.: USGS BULL. 340, P. 157-174.
AURAND, H.A., 1920, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 18, P. 58-59
LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 67-68, 279
POUGH, F.H., 1941, THE OCCURRENCE OF WILLEMITE: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 26, NO. 2, P. 92-102
HEYL, A.V., 1964, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 3-COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1135-C, P. C13, C56.
MINOBRAS [copied from deleted record 10288633 = MAS 0080590026]
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS WELL-DEFINED QUARTZ-FLUORITE VEIN STRIKING NNW AND DIPPING 70 SW, LYING ON FAULT BELONGING TO EARLY BRECCIA REEF SYSTEM AND PROBABLY RELATED TO WEAKLY MINERALIZED FLOYD HILL-BERGEN PARK FRACTURE ZONE. SECOND SIMILAR BUT NARROWER VEIN TO NE OF AUGUSTA VEIN WAS NOT WORKED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 17-NOV-1983 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 03-AUG-2009 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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