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Resurrection Mine

Past Producer in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263786
MAS/MILS ID 0080650339
Record type Site
Current site name Resurrection Mine
Alternate or previous names Resurrection No. 1, Diamond-Resurrection Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -106.222, 39.25332 (WGS84) 3560 500
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Main Entrance -106.22228, 39.25332 (WGS84) 3560 10 Within 10 Meters, Within 10 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Lake

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is 4 miles east of Leadville, near the head of Evans Gulch, in the E/2 sec. 21, T 9 S, R 79 W.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.222, 39.25332
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Main Entrance (2) -106.22228, 39.25332
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Ore occurs in both oxidized and sulfide blanket or manto (replacement) bodies and in veins.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Leadville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Leadviille Corp. And Canuc Resources Corp Jv
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
    First year 1996

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1915-18
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 5g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 11%null%
    Major Copper Copper 1%null%

Comments on the production information

  • Historic production from Diamond-Resurrection totals about 1.3 million tons of oxide ore from 1879 to 1917, and 0.95 million tons of sullfide ore from 1936 to 1956. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Measured 1308820mt ore
    Demonstrated 1308820mt ore
    Inferred 160180mt ore
    Total resources 1469000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc 8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1980
    Lead 4 wt-pct Lead Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 589671mt ore
    Total resources 589671mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 11.31 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reported mineable reserves at Diamond-Resurrection Consolidation of almost 950,000 tons grading 0.33 oz/ton gold, 3.51 oz/ton silver, 4.2% lead, and 2.3% zinc. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Comments on development

  • The Diamond and Resurrection mines and surrounding mining claims have been consolidated in ownership, the Diamond shaft and support buildings have been rehabilitated, and reserves have been verified. (Sunshine files, 2000)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, P14.

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1980, P. 176

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, V 107, #34, 08/21/96, P14.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Behre, C. H., Jr., 1953, Geology and ore deposits of the west slope of the Mosquito Range (Colorado): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 235, 176 p.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 235, p. 165

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WILL BE DEVELOPED BY A JV BETWEEN LEADVILLE CORP. AND CANUN RESOURCES CORP. (CANADA),(AUG 1996) OPERATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE DIAMOND MINE (DIAMOND SHAFT) LOCATED AJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, (AUG 1996). SEE MAS SEQ # 0080650162 DIAMOND MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 24-FEB-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 20-AUG-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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