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Mustang Tunnel

Past Producer in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087586
MRDS ID D007953
Record type Site
Current site name Mustang Tunnel
Related records 10263755

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.93312, 37.87057 (WGS84)
Elevation 3024
Relative position 1.25 MILES N 14 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 SE OF NE OF SW 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 SE SIDE OF BACHELOR MTN. 1000 FT SOUTH OF BACHELOR MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Creede Formation
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Creede Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.93312, 37.87057
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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

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 70-85 SW
    Width 0.3M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Emperius Mining Co.
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D007953
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0080790066

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

Reporter information

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