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Stevens Mine

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108199
MRDS ID DC03064
Record type Site
Current site name Stevens Mine
Related records 10264281

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-105.78199, 39.65443 (WGS84) 3.7 MI. SE OF BAKERVILLE
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-105.78199, 39.65443 (WGS84) 10 3.7 MI. SE OF BAKERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grays Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(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 Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04S 75W 34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Adit in Stevens Gulch on the west side of McClellan Mountain, in the SE/4 sec. 33, T 4 S, R 75 W, about 4 miles SW of Silver Plume.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver Plume granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.78199, 39.65443
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(2) -105.78199, 39.65443
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • The Stevens is a fissure vein that strikes north to NW and dips to the east; several parallel veins and a crosscutting vein are also present.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argentine District

Comments on the production information

  • Incomplete production records show that between 1870 and 1911, the mine produced at least 4,800,000 lb of lead, more than 100,000 oz silver, and 250 oz gold. More recently, a company produced gold-bearing pyrite for samples of gold ore.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Old reports that may be outdated describe stope fill and dump resources.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings include at least 2 haulage adits, plus numerous crosscuts raises, shafts, and drifts on 15 levels.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE, DENVER

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63

  • Deposit

    Lovering, T. S., 1935, Geology and ore deposits of the Montezuma quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 178, 119 p.

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

  • Deposit

    REF: MMR #405808

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 05-JAN-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 03-AUG-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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