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Jack Pot Lode

Occurrence in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012360
MRDS ID D007952
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Pot Lode
Related records 10142444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.93451, 37.87445 (WGS84)
Elevation 3194
Relative position 1.55 MILES N 15 W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001W 24 SW OF SE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000), MINE OR CLAIM LIES ON UPPER SE SIDE OF BACHELOR MTN. NW OF BACHELOR MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTEDLY 10 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Creede Formation
    Rock description Creede Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.93451, 37.87445
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Local Creede Graben, Amethyst Fault Zone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN AT AVE. N 20 W, TWO WINZES OF UNKNOWN DEPTH SUNK ON VEIN

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D007952

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS., 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF FRACTURING SUBPARALLEL TO AMETHYST FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey