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Sweet Home Mine

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gemstone, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167619
MRDS ID D001076
MAS/MILS ID 0080930016
Record type Site
Current site name Sweet Home Mine
Related records 10008726

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.1187, 39.31249 (WGS84)
Elevation 3477

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008 S 078 W 33 SENW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.1187, 39.31249
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 780921

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Open Stope

Mining district

District name Alma District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bryan Lees, Private Leaseholder
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION SOURCE: U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR 294, 1953, RESULTS OF

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN PARTS OF THE ALMA

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, COLO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-AUG-1994 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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