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Bachelor Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101904
MRDS ID D011579
Record type Site
Current site name Bachelor Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Wedge, MS 14104a, Wedge Mill Site, MS 14104b, Bachelor, MS 14105a, Bachelor Mill Site, MS 14105b, Maiden, MS 14106a, Maiden Mill Site, MS 14106b, Burrows, MS 14107a, Naomi Mill Site, MS 14107b, Seabord, MS 14695a, Pinnacle, MS 14695a, Pinnacle No. 2, MS 14695a, Naomi, MS 14695a, May Flower, MS 14695a, Red Snapper, MS 14695a, Miners Fate, MS 14695a, Yellow Jacket, MS 14695a, Boxer, MS 14695a, Swail No. 1, MS 14695a, Swail No. 2, MS 14695a, Newton, MS 14695a, Ben Bolt, MS 14695a, Cawnoa, MS 14695a, Pinnacle Mill Site, MS 14695b

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.3598, 37.86195 (WGS84)
Elevation 3725
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 11.3 MILES S 13 W FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Finger Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(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

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N;042N 005W;004W;004W 12,13,25,36;18,30,31 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CARSON ON EAST SIDE OF WAGER GULCH. WHETHER OR NOT CLAIMS EXTEND SOUTHWARD OVER CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IS UNCERTAIN. MILL SITES LIE TO NORTH AT CONFLUENCE OF WAGER GULCH AND LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER ON LAKE SAN CRISTOBAL (1964) QUAD. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX EAST QUARTER-CORNER OF SEC. 25 (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Lava Flows;Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries)
    Rock description Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Lava Flows;Early Intermediate-Composition Lavas And Related Rocks--Intrusive Rocks (Andesite And Rhyodacite Porphyries)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.3598, 37.86195
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Carson Volcano

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Altered Porphyry In And Adjacent To Carson Intrusive Center

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carson District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEPEST SHAFT IS 500 FT. OTHER SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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