Seward County Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101910
MRDS ID D011662
Record type Site
Current site name Seward County Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim: Seward County, Ms 450
Related records 10263747

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.4873, 37.94723 (WGS84)
Elevation 3328
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 11.1 MILES S 59 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

Redcloud Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 006W 26,35 N2 OF N2 OF NE (26); SW OF SE OF SE (35) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT WOOLSEY (1907) DESCRIBES LOCATION AS NORTH SIDE OF LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER AT BURROWS PARK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POSSIBLE WORKINGS (IDENTIFIED FROM AIRPHOTOS) ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF LAKE FORK ABOUT 0.6 TO 0.7 MILE NE OF WHITECROSS AND 1.15 MILE NNE OF WHITECROSS MTN (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
    Rock description Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.4873, 37.94723

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, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Short Ne-Trending Fault/Fracture Within Lake City Caldera

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park (Whitecross, Burrows Park, Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT SHAFTS AND PROSPECT TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.

  • Deposit

    WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 450

  • Deposit

    KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M. SC. THESIS, 111 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN PROBABLY LIES IN SMALL FRACTURE OR FAULT CUTTING SUNSHINE PEAK MEGABRECCIA WITHIN LAKE CITY CALDERA, ALTHOUGH KRASOWSKI'S (1976) MAP SHOWS LANDSLIDE BRECCIA IN FAULT CONTACT WITH HENSON AND BURNS MEMBERS' VOLCANICS AND SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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