Paris Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264434
MAS/MILS ID 0080930204
Record type Site
Current site name Paris Mine
Alternate or previous names Alma Gold Corp. veins, claims, or workings of the Paris area: Adrian, Great West, Helvetia, Little F

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.10393, 39.29916 (WGS84)
Elevation 3596
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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

Comments on the location information

  • The mine is on the south ridge of Mount Bross and north side of Buckskin Creek, about 2 miles NW of Alma, in the NW/4 sec 3, T 9 S, R 78 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) calcareous beds are favorable host rock

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Orthoquartzite
    Rock unit name Sawatch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Oxidized gold-bearing sulfide vein and replacement deposits in quartzite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alma District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chiwawa Mines
    ID 502918
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER:CHIWAWA MINES, EAST 28 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SPOKANE, WN. LARRY JOHNSON, (509) 455-8080

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A 1936 report estimates 233,000 tons of ore, comprising 33,000 tons of shipping ore that averages 1.67 oz/ton gold and 18.8 oz/ton silver, plus 200,000 tons of milling ore that averages 0.583 oz/ton gold and 7.66 oz/ton silver. (Sunshine files)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-MAY-93 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 09-FEB-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/06/1982
MSHA mine ID0502918
Mine name (MSHA)Paris Mine
Current operatorChiwawa Mines Inc
Current controller (parent)Buchanan Benny
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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